General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

2

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

A natural cloth bag with a heavy weight thread sewn around the opening of the bag.

Dimensions

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

Length

24.0 cm

Width

13.5 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Horticulture

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1920's -1930's

Canada

Bags used to contain samples of grain developed by the Central Experimental Farm(C.E.F.). The C.E.F. was established in 1886 to further agriculture research and education so as to make Canadian agriculture more profitable, to increase food production, and to encourage families to stay on farms. These grain samples would have been either stored during the winter at the C.E.F. to be planted in green houses or outside in the Spring or shipped to farmers throughout Canada. Farmers planted the samples and reported back the C.E.F. on how the crop fared. The reports gave the C.E.F. information on how the grains they developed responded to different environments.

Function

To contain grain samples.

Technical

Used in the improvement and standardization of Canadian agriculture. By the 1960's, grain sample bags were more likely to be made of a plastic cloth.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Mfr's stamp: " CEREAL DIVISION/CENTRAL/ EXPERIMENTAL/ FARM/ OTTAWA, ONT. [encircle by a blue circle]

Missing

Nothing missing.

Finish

A natural cloth bag with thread sewn in around the opening of the bag.

Decoration

None