General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

WOODEN FRAME, DRIVE WHEEL/ CAST IRON FLY WHEEL, RODS, TOOTHED CYLINDER, FASTENING DEVICES/ METAL SIEVE SCREEN/ CANVAS DRIVE BELTS/ LEATHER DRIVE BELTS

Dimensions

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

Length

387.0 cm

Width

103.0 cm

Height

142.0 cm

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Crop handling

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Desjardins

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

St-Andre-de-Kamouraska

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

La Cie Desjardins was an agricultural equipment manufacturer based in Saint-André-de-Kamorouska, Quebec. Established in 1865, Desjardins became known for its thresher, "Le Vanneur", and horse treadmills or powers. In 1911, the company expanded production into gasoline engines.

Function

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.

Technical

The Desjardin thresher is noteworthy because it is an early 20th century thresher that features technologies—the endless apron and fanning mill—which were first introduced in 1860s and 1870s. These technologies automated grain cleaning and straw handling. Desjardins continued to manufactured such threshers in the 20th century to serve 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.

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Details

Markings

STENCILLED ON IN YELLOW PAINT ON SIDE PANELS IS: 'A COMPAGNIE/ DESJARDINS/ ST. ANDRE [CO] KAMOURASKA. P.Q.'/ HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK MARKER ON FRONT END IS: 'A1614B'

Missing

From CA of 07/09/1997 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined

Finish

FRAME & BODY PAINTED RED/ WOODEN DRIVE WHEEL PAINTED BLUE & BLACK/ ALL METAL PARTS PAINTED BLACK/ RED CANVAS DRIVE BELTS/ NATURAL COLOURED LEATHER DRIVE BELTS

Decoration

FRAME MEMBERS HAVE A BLACK LINE TRIM WITH A THINNER YELLOW LINE TRIM INSIDE/ ON SOME FRAME MEMBERS YELLOW TRIM LINES CONVERGE & INTERSECT/ LEAF & STEM DESIGN, GREEN, WHITE & PINK IN COLOUR ON SEVERAL PANELS, ON ONE SIDE ONLY