Hayraker

/ˈheɪreɪkər/ noun

Definition

A person who operates a hayrake, or a mechanical device that automatically rakes hay into rows or piles.

Etymology

From 'hayrake' + '-er' (agent suffix). Can refer to both the worker performing the task and the machine that does it.

Kelly Says

The hayraker as a job was one of the first to be almost entirely replaced by machines—by 1920, most farming regions had traded human hayrakers for mechanical ones, making it an early example of technology-driven job displacement in agriculture.

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