harvestings

I've recently looked at some old pictures from the late 1800s to early 1900s and there are many pictures of women hunting and with their harvestings.

Novelty Items 2007

Ere he had seen fifteen harvestings of the maize, he could throw the stoutest man of the tribe in the wrestle, and his feet in the race were swifter than the deer in its flight from the steps of the red hunter.

Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3) James Athearn Jones

The bands of women and children at the harvestings, the log rollings, and the house raisings, were not there merely to lighten the men's work by their laughter and love-making.

Pioneers of the Old Southwest: a chronicle of the dark and bloody ground Constance Lindsay Skinner 1908

The clipping and all future harvestings are made when the stalks start buds from their sides near the ground.

Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Alva Agee 1900

No wages were paid at these harvestings, but the unlimited amount of eating and drinking was very expensive, and about this date the practice of using hired labour had largely superseded this old custom.

A Short History of English Agriculture 1893

It is a pity that this theory of genius has been so thoroughly discredited, for it is a field which promises many harvestings; there is mad genius as there are stupid folk.

Promenades of an Impressionist James Huneker 1890

There are new harvestings of civil liberties taking place every day, mostly in the name of national security, but also in the name of restoring order, and in the prevention of collapse.

The Market Traders editor 2010