Load of hay about to be moved into the barn by use of a fork attached to ropes and blocks and pulled by a horse. S.E. Lawson coll.

Farm implements were primitive: The first plough, a short stilted useless affair; was obtained from Scotland by Duncan McCallum . Wooden ploughs were made here, the only iron in or on them was the share, which was like that of a potato plough. (the Rev. S.G. Lawson). Much of the farm work was done manually; hay was cut with scythes or sickles, and raked and put into coils and stacks by hand; a horse- powered hay fork was used to get it up into the hay mow or loft. Grain was cut with a scythe and cradle, and tied and stocked by hand, to be stored in barracks until it could be threshed. This, too, was done manually; but see the Bovyer family history for “the first invention in this colony” — a horse-powered threshing machine.

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