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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1914
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1980.0211.001

MANUFACTURER: Bruner, R.G. Mfg. Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Ferndale, Michigan, United States of America

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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, WHEELS, REEL & HAND GRIPS/ WOOD HANDLES

Dimensions

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

Length: 163.0 cm
Width: 49.0 cm
Height: 98.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Bruner
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Michigan
City: Ferndale

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: AFTER 1914
Canada: REPRESENTATIVE OF WEEDERS USED IN CANADA FOR INTER-ROW TILLAGE IN THE EARLY 1900S
Function: FOR SHALLOW TILLAGE & WEED REMOVAL. TEETH ON REEL COMBS PULL OUT WEEDS & STIR UP SURFACE OF SOIL AS WEEDER IS PUSHED BETWEEN ROWS OF GROWING PLANTS SHIELD PROTECTS YOUNG PLANTS FROM BEING COVERED BY SOIL DURING EARLY CULTIVATION.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: 'THE BRUNER WEEDER' FAINTLY STENCILLED IN BLACK ON OUTSIDES OF HANDLES/ 'CANADIAN PATENT OCT 1ST 1912 NO 139092/ US PATENT DEC 8TH 1914 NO 1120371/ OTHERSPENDING' CAST IN RAISED LETTERS ON FRAME/ 'US PATS PENDING' CAST IN RAISED LETTERS ON FRONT OF REEL
Missing: From CA of 06/27/1997 by Gordon Perrault: No - appears intact
Finish: FRAME & WHEELS METAL PAINTED DARK GREEN/ REEL METAL PAINTED RED/ HANDLES WOOD PAINTED RED/ HAND GRIPS METAL PAINTED BLACK
Decoration: N/A

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Bruner, R.G. Mfg. Co., Weeder, circa 1914, Artifact no. 1980.0211, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1980.0211.001/

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