Plow
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- OBJECT TYPE
- HORSE-DRAWN/RIDING
- DATE
- 1915
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0462.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Massey-Harris
- MODEL
- 21
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL FRAME, BEAM, BOTTOM, COULTER, WHEELS, HANDLES, SEAT & LEVERS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 203.0 cm
- Width
- 131.0 cm
- Height
- 120.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Cultivation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Massey
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
FOR SOD OR GENERAL PURPOSE PLOWING. PLOW BOTTOM LIFTS, TURNS & INVERTS THE SOIL TO PROVIDE A WELL-PULVERIZED SEEDBED IN WHICH MOISTURE IS BETTER RETAINED, AIR CIRCULATES FREELY, FERTILITY IS IMPORVED & WEEDS & PESTS ARE DESTROYED. - Technical
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MADE PLOWING FASTER & EASIER, SINCE FRICTION WAS REDUCED BECAUSE OF WHEELS & OPERATOR COULD RIDE INSTEAD OF WALK. ALSO, WORK TENDED TO BE BETTER SINCE PLOW WAS STEADIER. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- `MASSEY-HARRIS' IN BLACK LETTERS ON OUTSIDE OF 1 LEVER/ `No21' ON FRAME/ `MASSEY-HARRIS' IN RAISED LETTERS ON SEAT/ PART NOS. THROUGHOUT
- Missing
- From CA of 06/27/1997 by Gordon Perrault: No - appears complete and original
- Finish
- FRAME, BEAM, HANDLES, SEAT & LEVERS METAL PAINTED GREEN/ WHEELS (& PART OF 1 LEVER) METAL PAINTED YELLOW
- Decoration
- N/A
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Massey-Harris, Plow, circa 1915, Artifact no. 1966.0462, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1966.0462.001/
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