General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Metal casing with brass face, iron fittings and hooks.

Dimensions

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

Length

46.0 cm

Width

12.0 cm

Height

5.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Dairying

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Chatillon

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Although it is retailed by liquid measure, farmers sell milk on the basis of weight. Furthermore a dairy cow=s R.O. P. records are also listed by weight. Milk was shipped to cheese factories in large bulk cans that were much larger and totally unlike those used for milk and cream sales to dairies. When the wagon load of these bulk cans arrived at the cheese factory=s loading dock each was weighed and that weight and the grade of the milk were used to ascertain the amount of the milk cheque. Because of their much larger capacity cheese factory bulk cans weigh a great deal and therefore require the use of a scale measuring in the range of sixty to one hundred pounds. A spring scale was attached to the can derrick and hooked to the cheese can clamp. When those of the can and the clamp were subtracted from the total an accurate weight of the milk delivery was reached. Although platform scales may have been used, given the cans were removed from the wagon using the derrick, spring scales were much more commonly used. Although firms with Canadian operations such as Fairbanks Morse produced a wide array of scales including spring models, those manufactured by Chatillon seem to have been most commonly used for dairy applications. One reason for this was theirs was often the only product to grace the pages of most Canadian and American dairy supply company catalogues such as that of Cherry-Burrell based in Brockville, Ontario.

Function

Primarily for weighing milk for R.O.P. testing.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Incised print reads: "APPROVED TYPE SERIAL NEW YORK CITY/ 33/ H/ TRADE MARK"/ Below reads: "CHANTILLON'S/ IMPROVED CIRCULAR/ SPRING BALANCE/ TO WEIGH 60 lb./ MILK/ SCALE"/ Circular scale from "0" to "20"/ Below print reads: "EACH 20 lb IS MARKED ON THE SLIDE/ THE INTERMIDIATE WEIGHTS ON THE CIRCLE/ WARANTED/ NEW YORK"/

Missing

Nothing appears to be missing

Finish

Brass face plate with blackened metal back. Incised markings on face with metal hands for scale. One ring at top and on hook at bottom.

Decoration

Polished brass