On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:40:20 -0400, Joe
wrote:

I just bought what I've always called a "hay scale". It's just a
balance beam with a top hook for hanging from wherever, and a bottom
hook for the load. The beam is brass, with a sliding counterweight,
and there are 2 extra weights (iron) for increasing the capacity.
(metal content)
snip

How about a picture or two?

There was a lot of these scales produced for almost an
infinite number of items. Ice scales is another one not yet
mentioned.

I'll take a look in some of my books and see if anything
looks similar if you want to post some picts.

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Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b
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