Harrow
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- OBJECT TYPE
- IN THROW/12 DISK
- DATE
- 1918
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1980.0427.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Frost & Wood
- MODEL
- LION
- LOCATION
- Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST STEEL/ WOOD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 420.0 cm
- Width
- 190.0 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
- Frost Wood
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Smiths Falls
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Frost and Wood partnered with Cockshutt in 1910; in 1933 Cockshutt bought Frost and Wood, which retained its identity even as it became Cockshutt's Harvester Division. - Function
-
Harrows are used after plowing to prepare fields for seeding. Harrows break up clods of soil to create a smooth seed-bed. The disc harrow was first developed in the 1880s and is substantially the same today although much bigger & better engineered. Because it turns as it works, the disc is somewhat lighter of draft for the work it does. - Technical
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The rolling action of the disc harrow enables it to pulverize and loosen the soil under a variety of conditions. It is excellent for reducing plowed ground that is soddy or to prepare hard & dry soils for plowing. It may also be used to destroy weeds that have grown beyond the capability of the smoothing harrow. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- From CA of 06/05/1997 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined
- Finish
- RED PAINT (PROBABLY NOT ORIGINAL COAT)
- Decoration
- N/A
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