And This Was..

By Terry Anderson, Midwest Messenger News Editor
Jan 30, 2019
Jan 30, 2019 Updated Feb 10, 2021

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By Terry Anderson, Midwest Messenger News Editor

There was little doubt “What’s This?” was in our most recent clue. It was a corn hook, though some responders explained its use a bit different and there also were some variations on the name. But the results were the same: hand-harvesting ear corn, walking in the fields and tossing the ears of corn into a horse-powered wagon, a continuous-motion operation, extremely antiquated by today’s monster machines.

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