THE MATERIAL CULTURE OF COLONIAL AMERICA Common Tools - and household implements adze anvil auger axe barrels bellows branding iron broad axe buck saw corn knife corn planter crosscut saw drawknife flail forge froe grain cradle grindstone hammer hand cultivator harrow hatchet hoe apple peeler bean pot bed warmer butter churn butter mold candle mold candle snuffer cider press copper kettles corn grater crocks fire screen flat iron foot stove iron cooking pot kettles ladles lard press loom milk strainer quilting frame razor strop sausage gun sieves skin stretchers spinning wheel splint broom tinderbox washboard whale oil lamp wooden buckets wooden trencher & spoons hog scraper hoof files knives mallet mattock maul oxen yoke pick pitchfork plane potato digger rake sack needles saddles scythe shovel sickle spoke shavers wedges whetstone As you read through this list of tools from the colonial era, ask yourself two questions: 1. What did each do ? 2. What implications are the demographic implications ? Return to top of page
As you read through this list of tools from the colonial era, ask yourself two questions:
1. What did each do ? 2. What implications are the demographic implications ?
1. What did each do ?
2. What implications are the demographic implications ?
