General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

metal frame and wheels, chains, tines, parts/ wood side pieces and parts/ fibre rope

Dimensions

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

Length

400.0 cm

Width

243.0 cm

Height

255.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Crop handling

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

McCormick Deering

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

circa 1948 +

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 device used to load loose hay onto a rack for transport to a barn for storage in a mow.

Technical

This circa 1928 McCormick Deering hay loader is a ground driven, single-reel type loader, with a steel frame and pressed steel wheels with wooden slats.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

red lettering on each wood side piece reads ‘McCORMICK-DEERING'/ illegible label appears to read ‘----EAN ----OWAL/ HARDWARE‘/

Missing

unknown

Finish

finishes obscured by weathering and corrosion/ white? rope

Decoration

N/A