Farming

Farming has played a significant role in Wolfe Island life for generations and was a common topic of discussion in the interviews. The following words refer to different aspects of farming, farm life and the agricultural industry.

bagger

bale, n.

bale, v.

baler

baler twine

bale thrower

baling wire

barn dance

bee

beef cow

beller

binder

binder twine

brood sow

calf starter

calf stick

Case (tractor)

cattle stable

combine

corn-shucking bee

cow dog

cropping

cub tractor

disk

drive shed

drover

dump rake

elevator

farmerette

farmer’s lung

farm kid

fieldwork

flywheel

gallus

grist

gristmill

handwork

harvest excursion

hay

hay-barn

hay bee

hay burner

hay dryer

hayfield

hayfork

haying

haying season

haying time

hay loader

haymow

hay-press

haystack

hay wagon

header

hired man

home barn

home farm

horse fork

horse fork rope

horse hay

jump hay

machine shed

marry off the farm

mow, n.

mow, v.

pig barn

pitch

pitchfork

potato digger

press (hay)

pull combine

rake, n.

rake, v.

sale(s) barn

scuffling

on shares

sharecrop

share farm

sheaf

skid-steer

stable cleaner

stook, n.

stook, v.

strawstack

thrash
thrashed

thrasher

thrashing bee

thrashing crew

thrashing gang

thrash(ing) machine

thrashing machine supper

thrashing meal

thrashing party

thrashing time

two-furrow (plow)

upper barn

urine farm

whippletree

windrow

work out