Mystery Tools April 2022

Mystery tools and implements that confound us from the genius of pioneer inventors.

By The Farm Collector Staff
Published on March 3, 2022
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The genius of pioneer inventors can confound us. Countless contraptions that revolutionized farming in the 19th and early 20th centuries have become contemporary curiosities, or even mysteries. Here are six sent in by readers. Do you know what they are?

Answers to the April 2022 items will appear in the June 2022 issue.


black oval shaped stone tool

A. Piece measures about 9 inches long. Round; formed of stone-like material.

Sharpening stone. Identified by Richard Plunz, Pond Eddy, N.Y.; Richard Bader, Middletown N.Y.; Robert Palte, Glandorf, Ohio; Al Bultman, Elkhorn, Wis.; Gerald Coker, Croswell, Mich.; Jessie D. Coyle, Cottontown, Tenn.; Earl H. Rohrbaugh, Glen Rock, Pa.; Ron Bush, Bayport, N.Y.; Harold Kaufman, Porterfield, Wis.; and Donald Mathys, West Mansfield, Ohio. Photo submitted by Richard Stout, Washington, Iowa.

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