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We hope you all are having fun buying and selling Antiques.

Its a Cold Spring

Must mow the lawn today

Here is a cute video from an associate in Nags Head NC. When in Nags Head NC or the Outer Banks - remember to do some antiquing!

Getting ready for a busy and raining weekend. We have the daffodil fest this weekend here in Gloucester.

Cute little short video on primitives.

This is a test using my Ping.fm I am finding this useful in updating my blogs

Holly Hill Antiques Slideshow

Pig Scraper

What is it? It's a Pig Scraper

Back in the old days everybody raised pigs. You could send them out to be butchered or you could do it yourself. After the pig was killed and the blood saved (all parts of the pig were used in something) you would haul the pig to a tub of hot (150-160 F) water and brush the pigs hair with a long-handled brush to agitate the bristles while the pig is in the hot water. After 5 minutes or so, you would haul the pig out onto the table and scrape the bristles hard and furiously with your scraping tools shown above. If the bristles do not come off easily with your scaper you would have to dip the pig again. NOw these items are used for decorations and this one is a nice primitive. The one pictured was found a small farm auction in PA. These are the types of items we sell at Holly Hill Anriiques. If you need one of these send us an email or call 804-695-1146 and we will see if we can help.

Fence Stretcher

What is it? It's a Fence Stretcher

This is a old time fence stretcher. To put fence up tight you need to put some tension on the wire before you staple it, I believe this one is used for a single stand of wire. If anyone has a different opinion please email me. The one pictured was found on Ebay as we do not have one exactly like this one. These are the types of items we sell at Holly Hill Antiiques. If you need one of these send us an email and we will see if we can help.

Silage Cutter

What is it? It's a Silage Cutter

This is a silage cutter from the old days. Looks like hard work - no wonder my father hated farm work. We aren't using these any more and now we sell them in our Antique business. This one is from the 1890s+ and is worth about $40 - $100. Lots of people decorate with primitives this days and this item is unusual.

What is Silage you may ask? Silage is fodder (hay or straw) harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo. Cows love it. For good silage you must cut the silage which is long (4-10 inches) to preserve the nutrient content. Corn rice and hay can all be made into silage. These are the types of items we sell at Holly Hill Antiques. If you need one of these send us an email and we will see if we can help.

Today they have all kind of machines to do this. See below.

Here is a YouTube video on cutting silage from rice using yet another machine.