Sheaves of oats stacked in stooks, Cheslyn Rise
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HHS No. 24. Caption: “Oats were grown at ‘Cheslyn Rise’ for the many horses on the estate. This shows the oats put into rows of stooks. A reaper and binder cut the oats and tied it into sheaves which were stooked before threshing. The straw was chopped into chaff”.
Sheaves of oats stacked in stooks, ‘Cheslyn Rise’. There is a singled storied house and some standing native bush in the background.
Caption on reverse reads: “Oats were grown at Cheslyn Rise for the many horses on the estate. This shows the oats put into rows of stooks. A reaper and binder cut the oats and tied it into sheaves which were stooked before threshing. The straw was chopped into chaff.”
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