Bag, grain

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OBJECT TYPE: samples/standard
DATE: 1940–1950
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2009.0265.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Canada

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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 fibre rope pull closure.

Dimensions

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

Length: 18.5 cm
Width: 11.5 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: Manitoba
Period: 1940's -1950's
Canada: Bags used to contain samples of grain selected by the Committee of Western Grain Standards, a committee that recommends specifications for grades of grain, and selects and recommends standard samples. These bags were intended to contain grain that could be used as the standard against which producers grain could be measures.
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. stamped: " BOARD OF/GRAIN COMMISSIONERS/FOR CANADA/DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE/GRAIN STANDARD/CROP/SELECTED BY THE/Committee of Western Grain Standards/WINNIPEG CANADA."
Missing: Nothing missing.
Finish: A natural cloth bag with a fibre rope pull closure.
Decoration: A red Canada crest stamped in the centre of the bag and two red parallel lines at the base of the bag.

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Unknown Manufacturer, Bag, grain, between 1940–1950, Artifact no. 2009.0265, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2009.0265.002/

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