Notebook
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1888–1903
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.2110.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SAUNDERS, WILLIAM
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PAPER; LEATHER BINDING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 34.0 cm
- Width
- 23.4 cm
- Height
- 5.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Archives
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- SAUNDERS
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1888-1903
- Canada
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The notebook was kept by William Saunders, first director of the Dominion Experimental Farms system (1886-1911). Saunders recorded crop plantings and yields, mainly for crops planted on the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa. Some pages compare yields for the Central, Brandon, Indian Head & Agassizl farms. The notebook also contains drafts of William Saunders' reports for the departmental annual report. - Function
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The notebook served as a record of field crop information, notes, and other information. - Technical
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Crop yields for different varieties of oats, barley, carrots, peas, mangels, turnips, and wheat are recorded in the notebook. The majority of the pages, which are indexed alphabetically, are blank. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- HANDWRITTEN ON SPINE: 'Records of/ averages of/ Grain/ and other plots/ Work [ILLEGIBLE] Exposition/ and/ Notes/ for/ Papers and/ addresses.'
- Missing
- NONE
- Finish
- BLACK COATED PAPER FRONT & BACK COVERS; BROWN LEATHER SPINE & CORNERS
- Decoration
- N/A
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SAUNDERS, WILLIAM, Notebook, between 1888–1903, Artifact no. 1987.2110, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.2110.001/
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