Cover, cream

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1943
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1977.0578.007

MANUFACTURER: International Harvester Co. of Canada Ltd.
MODEL: MCCORMICK-DEERING 35
LOCATION: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 7
Total Parts: 8
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: metal

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Lexicon

Group: Agriculture
Category: Dairying
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: IH
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Hamilton

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Hand-operated cream separators began appearing on Canadian dairy farms in the 1890s and their operation becamse part of the daily routine of farm women for many decades. Farm sepeation of cream ensured that farmers go full value fo rtheir butterfat production of their dairy herds, while the separators higher butterfat yeilds stimulated the growth of cream gathering creameries. Electrically powered cream separators such as this one, gradually replaced hand-powered machines in the twentieth century.
Function: TO SEPARATE CREAM FROM MILK BY APPLICATION OF CENTRIFUGAL FORCE
Technical: This separater uses centrifugal force to separate cream from milk. It is electrically powered.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None apparent
Missing: From CA of 07/02/1997 by Pat Montero: No - Complete
Finish: Metal finish
Decoration: N/A

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International Harvester Co. of Canada Ltd., Cover, cream, circa 1943, Artifact no. 1977.0578, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1977.0578.007/

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