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OBJECT TYPE: inspection/provincial/pork
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2000.0285.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: synthetic

Dimensions

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

Length: 20.6 cm
Width: 2.1 cm
Height: N/A
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: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Probably used prior to 1993.
Canada: This type of rule used by inspectors (provincial & federal probably used same style) to categorize or grade sows. (Ref. 2)
Function: Used to grade sows.
Technical: Earlier rules used to grade sows had only 4 categories: this rule has 6. In 1993 electronic grading was introduced and ruler grading was phased out. In 1996 the grading program was handed over to the private sector and the third party agency now known as the Ontario Pork Grading authority was created.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Scale labelled 1 through 6 and " "CSF" and "ONTARIO PORK" printed on one side of rule.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: White synthetic rule has blue text and graphics printed on one side.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Rule, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2000.0285, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0285.001/

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