Our old chaff cutter

The story about how we found our very old chaff cutter is worth mentioning here as it really is ancient!

Our girls are fussy things! They probably spoilt and that’s where the problem begins. We’ve been looking out for a chaff cutter for ages but they don’t seem to be available in our little corner of the globe. So when we saw the advert up at the local IGA, we were delighted. A chaff cutter was to be a good addition to the farm machinery collection. So after setting up a time to view the machine, we eagerly drove to the property where it was. A very friendly old man with a big bushy beard greeted us at the gate and directed us to the back shed where he proceeded to show us three difference chaff cutters that he had done up.  All three of them came from England.   Knowing what we now know, I wish we had bought the motorised one.  It would have been much easier on the arms. We looked at all three and decided to go with the least expensive one. It was of course a manual one. How hard could it be to push some hay through the blade while you turned the big wheel? Right! I sure know now and while we are grinding that wheel, I wish for a motor to help carry the hard load. The chaff cutter comes out to play in winter as there is more than enough lush green grass to go around in summer that he becomes obsolete. Last night we thought it time to put it back to use. But more on that next time.