Cultivator

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OBJECT TYPE: HORSE-1/INTER-ROW/ADJUSTABLE
DATE: 1930
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1979.0043.001

MANUFACTURER: Cockshutt Plow Co. Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Brantford, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL FRAME, WHEEL, SHOVELS & HANDLES/ WOOD HAND GRIPS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 197.0 cm
Width: 57.0 cm
Height: 96.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Cockshutt
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Brantford

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: USED BETWEEN ROWS OF GROWING CROPS TO DESTROY WEEDS. ALSO LOOSENS & AERATES SOIL & MULCHES SURFACE TO CONSERVE SOIL MOISTURE
Technical: HORSE-DRAWN CULTIVATOR ENABLED FARMERS TO PLANT LARGER CROPS, SINCE THEY COULD WEED MORE LAND MORE QUICKLY & EFFICIENTLY THAN WITH THE HAND-HELD HOE. CHANGES OF WIDTH & DEPTH OF CUT COULD BE MADE WHILE HORSE WAS MOVING, SO NO TIME WAS LOST.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: 'COCKSHUTT BRANTFORD CANADA' IN RAISED LETTERS ON FRONT WHEEL/ RAISED NUMBERS & LETTERS ON PARTS THROUGHOUT/BLACK & YELLOW STICKER ON HANDLE READS: '002220 A320'
Missing: From CA of 06/27/1997 by Gordon Perrault: No - appears complete
Finish: FRAME, WHEEL, SHOVELS & HANDLES METAL RE-PAINTED BLUE OVER ORIGINAL GREEN & RED PAINTED FINISH
Decoration: N/A

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Cockshutt Plow Co. Ltd., Cultivator, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1979.0043, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1979.0043.001/

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