Item No. 867
Hello from Hazard!
Woo-hoo! At last, a response on Item No. 867 — and a correct one, at that!
Michael Rolf of Cleveland, Ohio, knew that it is an early fish trap (and we do mean “early.” Jason Michaels, who submitted the item, says it’s from the 1880s.).
Like a mousetrap, these are spread apart, baited […]
Item No. 867
Still no guesses on Item No. 867, so we’ll show it again. Jason Michaels of Mercer, Pa., submitted the item.
He knows what it is, but we want to know if you do. Write to: Hazard a Guess, P.O. Box 38, Salem, OH 44460; or via e-mail to: editorial@farmanddairy.com.
Item No. 866
Hello from Hazard!
More readers wrote or e-mailed to say they knew that Item No. 866 was an early push rotary lawn mower: Marlin Ruffaner of Worthingon, Pa.; Gailey Henderson, Williamstown, W.Va.; Art Bilek of Norton, Ohio; Tom Myers, Columbus, Ohio; Randy Winland, Prospect, Ohio; and Paul Schmitt, Melville, N.Y.
Thanks to everyone and aren’t […]
Hello from Hazard!
Item No. 865 proved to be a popular one (or an easy one)!
Charles Sproul of St. Clairsville, Ohio; Eli Miller of Mesopotamia, Ohio; and Gene Baker of Zoarville, Ohio, all a guessed it is a timber scribe. Sproul said he even has one in his collection.
Steve Muir of Johnstown, Ohio, and John Watson […]
Hello from Hazard!
Allan Lines, Worthington, Ohio, adds more explanation to Item No. 864, which we announced last week (thanks to Jason Michaels of Mercer, Pa.) was a ‘Lake George’ trolling reel.
Allan didn’t call it that, but said it is, indeed, a motorized fishing box/line, used for trolling and often homemade, using a gear box, spring […]
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget (or at least ‘hazard a guess’ as to its use).
Hello from Hazard!
Hope you didn’t miss us too much last week. Whenever a holiday falls on a Monday, we have a Thursday deadline for this section, which pretty much guarantees no one has seen the latest Hazard-ous item and immediately responded.
But we’re back, and we’ll reach back to Item No. 862, which had not received […]
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget (or at least ‘hazard a guess’ as to its use).
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget (or at least ‘hazard a guess’ as to its use).
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget (or at least ‘hazard a guess’ as to its use).
