Renseignements généraux

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Description générale

WOOD, CAST METAL

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

406,0 cm

Largeur

133,0 cm

Hauteur

178,0 cm

Épaisseur

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Poids

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Lexique

Groupe

Agriculture

Catégorie

Manutention de récolte

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Fabricant

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DORE

Pays

Canada

État/province

Québec

Ville

La Prairie

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Québec

Période

Early 20th century

Canada

J.B. Doré & frère began producing agricultural machinery in Lapraire, Quebec, in the mid 19th century. At the beginning of the 20th century, the company had become E. Doré & Fils and was also producing mining equipment, as well as threshers and other agricultural implements.

Fonction

Threshers separate or "thresh" grain from the head. They also separate grain kernels from the straw and chaff, cleaning the grain. Threshers were first developed in Europe in the late 18th century and mechanized the separation of grain, which was previously done by hand with tools such as flails. The first threshing machines were stationary: powered by hand or treadmill, they increased the amount of grain a farmer could separate in a day. Wheeled threshing machines began to replace stationary threshers in the 1860s and further mechanized grain harvesting. Threshers were initially built of wood and powered by horse-powered windlasses; they were later built of steel and powered by steam traction engines and gas tractors. Threshers were in turn replaced through the twentieth century by combine harvesters, which merged harvesting and threshing operations in one machine.

Technique

This thresher is equipped with a vibrating riddle, technology that supplanted endless aprons in the late 1880s. Mounted on skids, this thresher has a 28-inch cylinder that would have been powered by horse power or treadmill. Such ground-mounted threshers were commonly made by eastern Canadian manufacturers to satisfy local markets and smaller farms, which could not afford or fully take advantage of the larger wheeled threshers that were also then on the market.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

MFR'S NAME & ADDRESS PAINTED (PROBABLY STENCILLED) IN BOLD BLACK & YELLOW LETTERS ON BOTH SIDES/ WIDE YELLOW STRIPING WITH THIN CREME COLOURED ACCENT LINES THROUGHOUT/ DECORATIVE LINING ON BOTH RED & BLUE CROSSPIECES/ YELLOW & RED "FLOWERS" INCORPORATED INTO LINE PATTERNS ON THE BLUE CROSSPIECES

Manque

COMPLETE EXCEPT FOR BELTS From CA of 06/30/1997 by Carrie Misener: Undetermined

Fini

PRINCIPLE COLOUR - RED; SECONDARY COLOUR - BLUE (SOME LOWER PANELS, INTERIOR PANELS, SOME HORIZONTAL CROSSPIECES, ONE FRAME UPRIGHT)

Décoration

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