Sepia toned photograph of reaper and binder drawn by two horses cutting and tying hay prior to the sheaves being stooked for drying Victoriaagriculture, farming, machinery

Farming scene Horse drawn Reaper and Binder.Four black and white snapshots of harvest time. This photo shows two people, one driving the harvesting machine the other sitting on the back. Three horses are pulling the harvester that is cutting hay.stawell rural harvesting

Deep Lead Scenes Joe Mitchell cutting hay on his farm using a reaper and binderstawell deep lead

Mounted photographic plate with annotated caption of Massey Harris reaper thresher at work in a field of wheatmassey ferguson, sunshine harvester works

A photograph of a reaper thresher or header designed and patented by HS Taylor of Henty NSW 1914 Photograph was taken on a farm There is a man in the photograph presumably the farmer The photograph is one from the McKay Archives held by Science Museum of Victoria on agricultural machinery On front The most successful reaper thresher after 4 years experience On back Science Museum of Victoria Photographic Sectionh.v. mckays, sunshine harvester works, farm machinery

An example of good invention in an era of innovation in Australian manufacture and production. Levers raise the height of the cutter, disengaging the drive from the blades. The moveable blades under the fixed ‘fingers’. An eccentric rod changes circular motion to linear back and forth of the blades. Such a machine is now known as a mower for cutting grass for hay, and other grasses for storing as sheaves. 'Gift for Museum - The School of Mnes committee has accepted the offer from mr H.B. Munro, of Elsternwick, of a model reaping machine made in 1887 when the Munro machinery business was in operation in Alfredton. The model, which has won gold medals at various exhibitions, is to be placed in thr school museum. (Ballarat Courier 22 April 1932) Metal model with red paint detail in sectionsM263ballarat school of mines, ballarat school of mines museum, munro machinery, model, munro reaper

A photograph of four horses team pulling a reaper and binder A boy on horse following the team The photograph was taken in Albion in the area of Wyalong Street when Mr David Cameron farmed the area It was copied from the original in the collection of the late David Cameron in 1976albion, farm machinery

1940's E. Altmann and son R. Altmann harvesting Oaten Hay. Depicting McCormack Deering 10-20 tractor with reaper and binder.Black & white photograph of a harvest scene. The tractor a McCormack Deering 10-20 reaper and binder. stawell agriculture concongella

International Harvester Co. medal commemorating the centennial of the 'Reaper' harvester. Issued in 1931, it names Cyrus Hall McCormick as inventor of the Reaper. Son of a Virginian farmer, he developed his father's earlier ideas into a viable harvesting machine capable of harvesting up to fifteen acres of wheat and other grains each day. Without it, only three acres could be cut. McCormick established a manufacturing business that quickly became one of the leading industrial companies in the United States. After his death the compnay merged with several competitors to form the International Harvester Co.This medal commemorates the centennial of the reaper by the International Harvester Company in America and aboard.A round medal made of copper with the face of Cyrus Hall McCormick on the frontObverse - Bust of McCormick wearing coat and bow-tie facing left; above are the words, CYRUS . HALL . McCORMICK, on the left 1808 / 1884, on the right the words, INVENTOR / OF THE / REAPER. Reverse - A horse-drawn reaper working right, with the words above, INTERNATIONAL HARVESTOR COMPANY; below, CENTENNIAL OF / THE REAPER / 1831 1931.centennial, cyrus hall mccormick, international harvester

Reaper and Binder being used on Mason's Hill. Reproduced on p50 of 'Pioneers & Painters'This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years. The Reynolds family were early settlers in Research. The Reynolds/ Prior collection of photographs were taken by Tom Prior, the maternal uncle of Ivy Reynolds, around 1900 and the 60 photos in the album give a fine overview of many of the landmarks of Research and Eltham over 100 years ago. lvy lived in the family home for many years at 106 Thompson Cres Research. Ivy's father, Ernst Richard Reynolds and grandfather, Richard Reynolds, lived at the same address. Ivy's father Richard worked for Mr. Trail on his property in Research. Reynolds Road is named after the family. Mr Tom Prior (wife Eva) worked at the Melbourne zoo. He was very innovative and made his own camera, using the black cloth hood to exclude the light. The photographs are a reminder of the rural nature of Research and Eltham and its rich heritage.Digital image 4 x 5 inch B&W Neg B&W Print 20 x 25 cmsepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, research (vic.), harvesting, mason family, pioneers and painters, reaper, reynolds prior collection, trail property, yarramie

Part of a collection of 13 images donated by Kevin Rowland McDiarmid, Service No: A222880, Leading Aircraftman, Aircraft fitter who served with Royal Australian Air Force No.9 Squadron, 30 Apr 1968 –16 Apr 1969. B&W image of a US gunship on the base at Vung Tau.The Grim Reaperhelicopter, 9 squadron, no9 squadron, 9 sqn, raaf, mcdiarmid, service no: a222880, raaf base fairbairn

HMS J3 (later HMAS J3) was a J-class submarine operated by the Royal Navy and later the Royal Australian Navy. After the war, the British Admiralty decided that the best way to protect the Pacific region was with a force of submarines and cruisers. To this end, they offered the six surviving submarines of the J-class to the Royal Australian Navy as gifts. J1 and her sisters were commissioned into the RAN in April 1919, and sailed for Australia on 9 April, in the company of the cruisers Sydney and Brisbane, and the tender Platypus. The flotilla reached Thursday Island on 29 June, and Sydney on 10 July. Because of the submarines' condition after the long voyage, they were immediately taken out of service for refits. Apart from local exercises and a 1921 visit to Tasmania, the submarines saw little use, and by June 1922, the cost of maintaining the boats and deteriorating economic conditions saw the six submarines decommissioned and marked for disposal.The wreck of JR can still be seen off Swan Bay2 propellers from the J3 submarine 'HMAS Reaper'j3, j class submarines, hmas reaper

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Harvest Scene at Concongella (Altmann’s) The oat crop was in a paddock adjoining Concongella Cemetery. Two Children are Roy and Joyce Altmann. c 1930'sBlack and white photograph of a harvest scene. The photo is of a reaper & binder striping an oat crop in the Concongella district.stawell agriculture

These hand shears were used for sheep shearing. They appear to be dual purpose sheep or topiary shears. They would have been used on a rural property in early Orbost. This item is an example of a hand tool used commonly before the widespread use of power tools.A pair of metal hand shears with a circular loop handle. On blade - Red Reaper Hand Shears 219 Ward & Payne 303 SHEFFIELD ENGLANDtool hand-shears

Black and white photograph of farmer with two horse team pulling reaper and binder driven by Thorpe Burne Snr at Collemondah Kalimna West Victoriaagriculture, farming

Photo shows a team of three horses pulling a reaper and binder through a field. A man can just be seen at the back of the machine. The photo has a label "Cutting the hay at Breen farm 30's".

2 small advertising flyers for JH Abbott. Larger one (27 x 13 cm) is bright yellow paper with red print saying Reaper and Binding oil. (2 copies) Smaller one (23 x 8.5 cm) is orange paper with black printing saying Striking Ink ( 1 copy)abbott, advertising

The McCormick name in farm machinery dates back to Cyrus McCormick, who produced the first successful reaper in 1831. McCormick's company was one of the pieces that eventually became International Harvester. International renamed their new 10-20 and 15-30 tractors as McCormick-Deering in 1923. The McCormick-Deering name was used on standard (wide) front tractors for the next three decades, until it was phased out in favor of the International name.Joan Filbey Collection: Invoice from F.W. Scarce General Storekeeper Phone 14 Raywood.Agent for Goldsbrough Mort General Agencies A/cs. Strictly Monthly. 1 Item McCormick-Deering 10-20 Tractor Steel Wheels sold as reconditioned 325 pound by Bray and Sinclair, Kent Street Ascot Vale. Receipt stamps attached with the writing: Received above payment, F W Scarce 16/8/49history, bendigo, mccormick-deering tractor, raywood, f.w. scarce, joan filbey collection

2068.01 - H.V. McKay Massey Harris Sun Grain And Fertilizer Disc Drill 2068.02 - H.V. McKay Massey Harris 12 Disc Sun Grain Drill List Of Duplicate Parts 2068.03 - H.V. McKay Massey Harris 6B Reaper And Binder List Of Duplicate Parts List 39 3904 2068.04 - H.V. McKay Massey Harris 6B Reaper And Binder List Of Duplicate Parts List No 39 4004 2068.05 - H.V. McKay Massey Harris The Sunshine Auto Header 2068.06 - H.V. McKay Massey Harris Australian Farm Machinery 2068.07 - H.V. McKay Massey Harris The Sunshine Striiper Harvester Type AL 2068.08 - H.V. McKay Massey Harris The New Sunshine Milker 2068.09 - H.V. McKay Massey Harris Sunshine Header Harvesters 2068.10 - Massey Harris No 6 Left Hand Binder Repair Parts List 2068.11 - Massey Harris No 10A Binder Repair Parts Lints 2068.12 - Massey Harris No 14 Binder Repair Parts List 2068.13 - Massey Harris No 1 Binder Repair Parts List 2068.14 - Massey Harris No 6B Reaper And Binderh.v. mckays massey ferguson, sunshine harvester works

A copy of The Weekly Times 125th Year Edition Supplement - The Backbone Of The Country Machinery And Equipment Supplementthe weekly times

Produced mainly for firm's dealers.932.01 - Massey Harris Extra Parts List 1923 932.02 - Massey Harris Duplicate Parts With Illustrations 932.03 - Massey Harris Conversion & Specification Tables 932.04 - H.V. McKay Massey Harris Loose Leaf Binder With Drawings 932.05 - Sunshine Harvester McKay Massey Harris - List of duplicate parts with illustrations for the Sunshine Massey Harris Reaper And Binder 932.06 - Sunshine Harvester McKay Massey Harris - List of duplicate parts with illustrations for the Sunshine HST Header Harvesters 932.07 - Sunshine Harvester McKay Massey Harris - List of duplicate parts with illustrations for the Sunshine HST Power Takeoff Header 932.08 - Sunshine Harvester McKay Massey Harris - List of duplicate parts with illustrations for the Massey Harris No 3 Reaper Thresher 8 Ft & 10 Ft 932.09 - Sunshine Harvester McKay Massey Harris - List of duplicate parts with illustrations for the Massey Harris No 5B Reaper Binder 5, 6, 7 & 8 Ft Cuts 932.10 - Sunshine Harvester McKay Massey Harris - List of duplicate parts with illustrations for the Sunshine Havesters Light Draught AL Type Width Of Comb 8 & 10 Ft 932.11 - Sunshine Harvester McKay Massey Harris - List of duplicate parts with illustrations for the Sundercut Stump Jump Disc Cultivating Plough 932.12 - Sunshine Harvester McKay Massey Harris - List of duplicate parts with illustrations for the Sunshine No 2 Power Takeoff Header 10 ft & 12 Ft Cuth.v. mckays massey ferguson, sunshine harvester works, farm machinery

1950 decade HAY FORK - A local invention. Bill and Arthur Gillespie and Bon Barrie In the early 1950’s Bill Gillespie of Bulmans Lane had been experimenting in developing a machine to improve the collection of hay sheaves at harvesting and stack building time. The ripened crop was cut by a reaper and binder which bundled the storks into sheaves tied with binder twine. The reaper and binder was towed by a tractor by the mid 1940s previously teams of draught horses were used to pull the reaper and binder. A photograph taken at the Barrie farm shows three binders the first being towed with a tractor and the others with horse teams. Two workmen were needed to operate the binder when cutting a crop. The sheaves collected on the binder and released onto the ground and were scattered across the paddocks. Using a conventional two pronged pitch fork the harvest hands collected the sheaves and placed each one cut edge on the ground in an upright position and layered with about 15 sheaves into an apex shape to form was is known as a stook. The shape of the stook allowed for drying and draining of water if rain had occurred. Prior to the invention of the mechanical hayfork this was a laborious task requiring each sheaf to be pitched onto a tray truck and moved to the location of the haystack. The mechanised HAYFORK was operated by one person on tractor greatly reducing the need for gangs of labourers. At harvest time farmers had relied on itinerant teams of workers descending on the district looking for work. The three Barrie brothers on their adjoining farms combined forces to cut their crop at its optimum time while the weather was in their favour. Up to many 20 workers at times formed a team in earlier times. Agricultural university students were also keen to gain practical experience in the field. Each of the brothers had a particular skill, and Tom Barrie was the expert on stack building. The district haystacks had a distinctive shape and could be recognised by their builder. Bill Gillespie’s first operational HAY FORK consisted of a large 13 pronged fork situated forward of the truck cabin. It was attached with iron girders and mounted on the rear of the cabin to the tray of his British Bedford truck. It was constructed in metal and iron and welded in the farmers work sheds. The mechanism was raised and lowered by the driver scooping along the ground to pick up a complete stook to raise high enough to deposit all the sheaves in one stook onto the stack or truck tray. The fork section was released by a rope and operated by the driver in the cabin. This model was trialled on the Barrie farm at Ferris Lane. It proved to be very successful and the Barrie/ Gillespie brothers went on to develop a HAYFORK which attached to a tractor and was operated with a series of levers and was raised and lowered hydraulically. It was detached from the tractor when stacking was completed. In its early days farmers travelling along the Western Highway called at the Barrie farm at Ferris Lane to inspect its construction and operation of the invention. It became a widely adopted by farmers throughout the State. It was being used on Wattie Palmer’s farm on Bridge Road Melton South in 1997. Farming in Melton, hay growing and stack building. agriculture, local identities