I would almost be that photo was taken of either Hutterites , or Dukabour women cutting grain on a colony farm in western Canada, sometime in the 1920’s. Our family farm had a lot of orchard on it , around the turn of the 20th century. My Great Grandfather grew grain in between the trees. Of coarse Apple trees were very tall then , not like the dwarf trees you see now. My Grandfather had 5 brothers , my Grandfather being the oldest. Great Grand father and Grandfather would cradle the grain, while the younger boys would come behind tying sheaves , and stooking the grain to dry. My dad told me this story. And he also said that after much of the orchard was cut down and a grain binder purchased, his dad would still always cradle the outside round, so the horses wouldn’t tramp it. My dad would go behind hand tying the sheaves. My dad said he could never hope to keep up with his dad cutting, and my dad could tie sheaves really fast. For those that do not know what a cradle is. A Cradle is basically a scythe with a kind of cage on it to catch the cut grain, each swing should yield enough to make one sheave.
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