tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231257453868183589.post5896563609556292603..comments2024-02-22T10:16:38.304-06:00Comments on https://lynfenwick.blogspot.com: Mowing on the PrairieLynda Beck Fenwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363248580928472769noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231257453868183589.post-4750042806756701372015-11-07T13:28:15.708-06:002015-11-07T13:28:15.708-06:00Enjoyed your comment! According to the album from...Enjoyed your comment! According to the album from which the image was taken, this mower is a "Buckeye New Model Mower." It was manufactured by Adriance, Platt & Co., 165 Greenwich St., New York, with the "Manufactory" in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The pair of images in the lower portion of the blog were from the same company, the top image being a Buckeye Harvester Reaper (rear view) and the bottom image being the "Buckeye Mower on the Road."Lynda Beck Fenwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12363248580928472769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231257453868183589.post-83977641928276938292015-11-07T04:26:43.323-06:002015-11-07T04:26:43.323-06:00Mowing a firebreak is a new one to me but it makes...Mowing a firebreak is a new one to me but it makes sense. The scythe is still a common mowing tool in the villages here as people cannot afford equipment for one or two cows or goats. When my grandfather immigrated to Saskatchewan in 1906 the closest firewood was 30 miles away. As farms filled in, the great sweeping prairie fires came to an end and within a few decades every low spot had poplar and willow trees growing in them.<br />The reaper in your pictures looks like a McCormick type. At Pereyaslav Khmelnitsky, about 80 km SE of Kyiv, there is an outdoor architectural museum which contains several other smaller museums including a Wheat Museum. One of the implements on display is a McCormick reaper knock off that was built as late as 1944. Russia/USSR was isolated from the world by distance, culture and by politics. In many ways they are still having to reinvent the wheel.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.com