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- OBJECT TYPE
- inspection/federal/meat/pork
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2000.0286.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
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
- 20.4 cm
- Width
- 2.0 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
- Unknown
- Period
- This type of rule not widely used after 1993, when electronic grading was introduced.
- Canada
-
This type of rule was used by government employees from the hog grading dept. of Agriculture Canada to provide grading to the hog industry. [Identical/similar rules are believed to have been used by Provincial governments, too.) (ref. 2) - Function
-
Used to measure backfat on market hogs. - Technical
-
Used to measure backfat on market hogs, scale on this rule is graduated in mm. The backfat measurement would be combined with the carcass weight to calculate a given index. Hog grading was performed (and still is in 2005) for settlement purposes only. In 1993 electronic grading was introduced and ruler grading was gradually phased out. In 1996 the grading program was handed over to the private sector. (ref. 2) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Scale labelled 1 through 4 [inches], and divided and labelled at 1/4 [inch] intervals. "[Canada wordmark symbol]/ Agriculture/ Canada" also printed on 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. 2000.0286, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0286.001/
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