[AT] Corn Binding/Hay

charlie hill chill8 at suddenlink.net
Mon Oct 15 11:16:33 PDT 2007


Somehow when I read George's reply to me I didn't see the link.  I just 
checked it out.  I can honestly say I have never, or at least don't remember 
ever seeing a beet knife before.

Charlie
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From: "Greg Hass" <gkhass at avci.net>
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Subject: Re: [AT] Corn Binding/Hay


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> The  site George Willer had showed a true beet knife. We had one laying
> around for years. The first year my dad farmed he harvested 10 acres of
> beets with that knife all by himself. He never grew beets again. The hook
> on the end had nothing to do with cutting. My dad said you would swing the
> knife with the hook and put the hook through the beet leaves in order to
> pick up the beet without bending over for each beet. You would then grab
> the beet and with one swing cut the leaves off the beet. You would then
> hook another beet and repeat the process. At that time the beet plant was
> very fussy and wanted you to top the beet with one swing, not hack at it 2
> or 3 times. Oddly enough, he said that when beet harvesters first came on
> the scene, they would chew the ends of the beets all up, but that was ok.
> Greg Hass
> Michigan
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