FIG. 4. HARVESTING PLOTS WITH REAP-HOOK. Owing to differences in ripening between plots in some cases (the phosphated plots ripening first) it was necessary to cut at different times. The reap-hook proved to be. a convenient (though slow) means of cutting. The photo shows two adjacent plots being reaped, the wheat being laid in neat sheaves and tied by hand.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XXX, Issue 4, 20 April 1925, Page 232
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60FIG. 4. HARVESTING PLOTS WITH REAP-HOOK. Owing to differences in ripening between plots in some cases (the phosphated plots ripening first) it was necessary to cut at different times. The reap-hook proved to be. a convenient (though slow) means of cutting. The photo shows two adjacent plots being reaped, the wheat being laid in neat sheaves and tied by hand. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XXX, Issue 4, 20 April 1925, Page 232
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