Haymaking at Wairakaia Station

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Note from Rodney Faulkner: Haymaking at Wairakaia 1916. The two horse hay- sweeps were pushed along the rows of cut and dried hay.The sweep was a three wheeled implement pushed by a pair of draught horses. There was a seat for the operator between the horses,a lever that he could use to raise or lower the wooden tines that gathered up the hay and the laden sweep was then taken back to the stack. The hay was then positioned on the lift, the sweep backed off and the lift was raised by a pulley and wire rope which was also pulled by a pair of horses. The hoist was turned and the load dropped on the top of the stack and spread by a couple of men on the top. This photo was taken during the war when farm labour was in short supply.

Top left: Bill Pevereal (General hand). Top right; George Winters (Plowman). Bottom left, on the sweep: A.J.Faulkner, shortly before he left for service in France. Bottom centre: Mr Foley (Dentist), next to him an unnamed boy. Bottom right on the sweep: Edward Pevereal, brother of Bill.

The building of the stack took several days and it was then covered with a thatch made of rushes. This method of haymaking was last used at Wairakaia in about 1946.
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Note from Rodney Faulkner: Haymaking at Wairakaia 1916. The two horse hay- sweeps were pushed along the rows of cut and dried hay.The sweep was a three wheeled implement pushed by a pair of draught horses. There was a seat for the operator between the horses,a lever that he could use to raise or lower the wooden tines that gathered up the hay and the laden sweep was then taken back to the stack. The hay was then positioned on the lift, the sweep backed off and the lift was raised by a pulley and wire rope which was also pulled by a pair of horses. The hoist was turned and the load dropped on the top of the stack and spread by a couple of men on the top. This photo was taken during the war when farm labour was in short supply.

Top left: Bill Pevereal (General hand). Top right; George Winters (Plowman). Bottom left, on the sweep: A.J.Faulkner, shortly before he left for service in France. Bottom centre: Mr Foley (Dentist), next to him an unnamed boy. Bottom right on the sweep: Edward Pevereal, brother of Bill.

The building of the stack took several days and it was then covered with a thatch made of rushes. This method of haymaking was last used at Wairakaia in about 1946.
Production date
1916
Subject person
Subject categories
Pastoral farming
Agriculture
Horses
Livestock
Department
Photography - Whakaahua
ID number
42160

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