General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

cast & other metals; wooden shaft.

Dimensions

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

Length

29.1 cm

Width

11.1 cm

Height

3.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Industrial Technology

Category

Industrial equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Ketchum

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

This type of stamper used by federeal meat inspectors to indicate assessed grade of beef, "RED" for "Choice" grade and "BLUE" for "Good". These two grades and their coding was est'd Sept. 23, 1929 by the Canada Dept. of Agriculture, on recommendation of the Joint Beef Committee. Definitions of the grades were established, and 'official graders' trained to ensure uniformity. (Ref. 2 pp.38-39)

Function

Used to apply inked mark onto butchered meat carcass.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"BLUE" appears on one end of T-shaped marking head; "KETCHUM MFG." and "OTTAWA" stamped into one edge of plates bearing text message. "6" [or "9"] stamped into face of text plate, between raised pins forming text message. Other end of marking head reads "RED"; "KETCHUM MFG." and "OTTAWA" stamped into one edge of plates bearing text message. "4" stamped into face of text plate, between raised pins forming text message.

Missing

Two of the imprinting pins are missing in the "BLUE" stamp word.

Finish

Cast and other metals; wooden shaft. All stained red from ink.

Decoration

N/A