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This large wooden rake would no doubt have been used on a farm quite regularly, its long handle and wide head suggest its usefulness as a tool, but also how heavy it must have been to wield.

This large wooden rake would no doubt have been used on a farm quite regularly, its long handle and wide head suggest its usefulness as a tool, but also how heavy it must have been to wield. It is ...