General Information

Serial #

11760

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

crimper

Patents

N/A

General Description

metal body, mechanism, parts/ rubber tires

Dimensions

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

Length

258.0 cm

Width

218.0 cm

Height

90.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Crop handling

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

New Holland

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Pennsylvania

City

New Holland

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

circa 1955 +

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 device used to bend and break the stems of cut hay plants to speed the drying process prior to baling.

Technical

A circa 1955 New Holland 404 Hay Conditioner/Crimper, PTO driven and mounted on pneumatic tires. New Holland identified itself as a producer of "grassland farming equipment" such as equipment for the cutting, processing and baling of hay. For instance, the New Holland sign 1986.0049 reads in part "First in Grassland Farming"

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

label on side reads ‘NEW HOLLAND/ 404'/ plate on side reads ‘NEW HOLLAND/ SERIAL NO 11760/ MODEL NO 404 CRUSHER/ NEW HOLLAND MACHINE COMPANY/ NEW HOLLAND, PENNA.'/ tool box has raised "IH" on top

Missing

unknown

Finish

body painted glossy red with yellow painted parts/ black tires

Decoration

N/A