Tractor, horse and haystack, Little Kerse Farm, Polmont
Maker
Unknown
Production date
Circa 1932
Description
View of a haystack with pitched top being built. A ladder is lying against the side and a conveyor for raising stooks of hay to the top has a horse harnessed to it. The tractor, a Fordson, is bringing more hay to the site. The ribbed radiator top tank was introduced in 1932. Grapple being used to stack hay now in Falkirk Museums collection
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Object detail
The grapple being used to stack hay is now in the object collection. After a week or so of drying the crop in stooks out in the field, it was brought to the stackyard beside the barn. A foundation was laid of stone, cast iron, or even old straw or brushwood to stop the haystack drawing water. They were usually round, and the top was thatched to keep out rain.
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