General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

metal cannister and lid/ wood knob/ canvas? strap/

Dimensions

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

Length

51.0 cm

Width

43.5 cm

Height

39.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Horticulture

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1940's+

Canada

According to the donor, this piece of equipment was used on a farm owned by Ed and Harry Sadler of Carleton Place, ON. The Sadler brothers operated a 365 acre dairy and sheep farm which included cereal crops, legumes, mixed hay, corn silage and maple syrup. The donors, Bill and Hazel Minor of Nepean, ON purchased the farm and machinery in 1973, including the W4 tractor and the flock of purebred sheep. Later the Miners added a small herd of beef cattle. Half the farm with the buildings was sold to their daughter Debbi and her husband Greg in 1994. The Bowes barn was burned by an arsonist on July 18, 2002. Subsequently, to free up shed space, Bill and Hazel Minor donated several pieces of farm equipment to the Canada Agriculture Museum (Ref. 1).

Function

A tank with a nozzle carried by the operator and used to apply a dry pesticide-fungicide to plants, primarily to treat crops in gardens and smaller field plots.

Technical

A circa 1940 pesticide dispenser that is worn on the operator's chest with shoulder straps to distribute the weight. A hand crank spins a fan which blows powder down and out a nozzle on the front of a device; this device has a much larger broadcast coverage than the plunger type instrument 2002.0545.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

none

Missing

appears complete

Finish

metal painted red/ wood finish obscured/ brown? strap

Decoration

N/A