General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

all metal

Dimensions

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

Length

300.0 cm

Width

262.0 cm

Height

63.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Cultivation

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Deere

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

circa 1947

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 tractor-drawn agricultural implement used after plowing to break up clods and smooth and level soil prior to planting and/or to cover seeds and prevent and eradicate weeds.

Technical

A circa 1947 John Deere JB tractor-drawn disk harrow with 28 disk plates. One row of disks is out-throw and the other in-throw. The two ranks (rows) of disks are mounted on separate frames, a goose neck connects the second row to the first.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

none visible

Missing

unknown

Finish

painted green, much damaged by corrosion

Decoration

N/A