One of the great things about multi-generational farms are the old, intriguing pieces of equipment to be found on them.
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Dairy farmer Craig Teese exhibited one such piece of equipment at the Beaudesert Show in Queensland earlier this month.
The pumpkin slicer was displayed alongside a story from Craig's father Ashley about it.
Ashley said for as long as he could remember the pumpkin slicer was always on the family farm Lyndith, Veresdale Scrub.
"I cannot remember it being used to cut pumpkins for the dairy cows but dad (Jim Teese) used it to cut pumpkins to feed his show cows," he wrote.
"It was used every year for this purpose until better feed handling methods became available
"The last time I saw it working, mum (Merle Teese) was turning the handle while dad loaded the pumpkins into the hopper.
"By this time it was in a fairly bad condition with blunt blades, a broken hopper and cracked guards."
The pumpkin slicer was rescued from where it had lain for a couple of decades under a crows ash tree and restored.
