Hand Threshing with Sickle, Scythe and Flail - at the Schumacher Farm Park
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ค. 2020
- A demonstration on using a sickle (short handle) and scythe (long handle) to cut wheat, and beating wheat with a flail to separate the grains. Shot at the Schumacher Farm Park outside Waunakee, WI.
Background music licensed from Smartsound. Porch Potatoes on the Bright Horizons album. Composer Craig Riley.
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I was wondering what threshing and old farm stuff looked like and this helped me. Thank you for this! The Lord Jesus bless you🙏
Dear Roger; Thank you so much for this video. I am a labor student in San Francisco CA and we discussed the 1830 revolution in farming. Our professor, attorney Bill Sokol, discussed farming methods and we didn't really understand them. Your video was something I found on a google search and I shared it with the rest of my class. Thank you for your time and interest in showing Americans the hardships and love of farming that only farmers know. I really am interesting in farming now and making it more sustainable through tech. -Jim
I've been lucky to live near the Schumacher Farm park to volunteer and record mostly 1920s 30 equipment in operation. It is very interesting.
I've read many stories that mentioned flailing in threshing barns, but somehow i couldn't quite get the image right in my head. This cleared it up in an instant, thank you!
Thanks... good to hear.
So that's how U use a flail... thks for the info sir
Super interesting, thank you!
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Backbreaking work in the old days. The arthritis and aches in old age must have been excruciating.
That made me curious so I searched. Turns out that life expectancy in the 1920s was 20+ years less than people born in 2020. About 54 then and around 76 now. Plus the arthritis... :(
Thank you for this video. Very interesting
Thank you for sharing
Thank you Roger. I was curious after watching a flail vs mace video (mace= higher impact force), why they invented the flail; I'm still not sure why. I could speculate that the free floating flail's bounce was more effective in separating the grain or that it protects the user from the impact. As a weapon it may have been all they had or maybe it also proved useful for getting over the top of shields. It seems to me that striking wheat with the back of the shovel in my garage might be just as effective as a flail for threshing.
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EDIT: Actually, now that I watched another video, the farm flail is more solidly attached than the lengthy chains on the weapon usually depicted. It looks like a lot of velocity can be produced creating a whip-like action with less movement. Similar to how an atlatl improves ordinary spear throwing.
I think the flail had both effects you mentioned. The pounding end gains lots of momentum because of the pivoting point, and you don't feel it in your arms is you would from a ridged pole.
I know its a late response, but historically the flail wasn't used that much. In art and documents it is very rarely depicted( as a weapon). If you are interested I would look up Shadiversity's video on the subject.
Having done some threshing of peas by hand with a big stick I can say it's pretty hard on your arms and joints (you need a hard surface so it's a bit like using a pick axe on rock). This year I've made a flail which will hopefully make it much more comfortable
@@jonnyramsden1161 Yeah it seems the benefit is you can do the full strength hit onto the ground and the joint makes it so you don't get all that force delivered back into your arms.
@@RogerBindl you my ninja
And they're doing it in India right now, but with a much lighter European blade, and more efficiently. too. American and English blades are too heavy, but wouldn't be heavy if people kept the blade on the ground with their swathe. But thanks for the great history lesson, Roger.
You are usong the scythe wrong. Not an expert on thos style but 42 blades is a great resource for the use of american scythes. Mr chikkadee has a verry good guide on sharpenong and maintanence. Agreed that if you keep swinging a scythe like that you are gone wreck your back.
Yes, I have used scythes. You would need to sharpen your scythe so it cuts across the blade of wheat, like shaving a beard. It would be smooth, gentle, and graceful; not a hacking motion.
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Always make sure to beat your wheat to get out all the seed
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How did people harvest enough wheat before they starved to death harvesting wheat?
Love from Kashmir ,i am trying to understand ur language bt it is only possible with subtitles
Good luck, come on over to U.S. if you want to and are able to.
Hi , watch your back when using scyth , you moved to hard ;) Be like a leaf in a wind ;)
thanks! do you have anything on a brush harrow?
I haven't seen a harrow at the farm.
That sythe is blunt, best sythesmen were Irish
Sharpening it surely would have helped, but this was mostly for display so we didn't - the farm is a preservation and educational place. Either way it sure would be a hard days work.
Someone should show Shadiversity this "European Nun-chucks".
yeah searched online farming tools for mma and this vid came up on google
He doesn't know how to use a scythe. I've been harvesting my wheat and grasses with a scythe for 10 years now.
For sure... don't use this as a how to use scythe, sickle, or flail. This scythe was a display item with very dull blade, and the leather on flail was about to fail. I had to be very careful with the flail. Video is more about documenting than a how to use video... these are tools used to harvest whole fields back in the time.
@@RogerBindl Well said. Also, you're expected to be experienced using these tools to make this video? Lol, sorry you're not the 1 other person in the world with 10 years of scything experience.
True about the scythe, they aren't a tool you can just pick up and use straight away since setup, sharpening and technique are all things that take time to master... Also you need to have one the right size for your body - that one looks a bit short as you're having to lean over with it. When cutting you keep the blade in contact with the ground throughout the whole of the movement, you don't even really pick it up when drawing back for the next cut
How many acres can you mow in a season with a scythe?