General Information

Serial #

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Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

Round brass-colour metal disk bears raised text and graphics.

Dimensions

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

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Height

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Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

3.6 cm

Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Cultivation

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Morris

Country

Canada

State/Province

Saskatchewan

City

Yorkton

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

To promote and advertise featured manufacturer, brand or products, and/or event.

Technical

George Morris invented the horse-drawn rod weeder in 1929. It was innovative in that it could uproot weeds with minimal disruption to the top layers of soil. Given the dust storms and erosion which plagued farmers in the 1930s, the device became very popular with Prairie farmers. [Ref. 2]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"MORRIS ROD WEEDERS - MORRIS CHISEL PLOWS - SEED RITE HOE DRILLS - CHALLENGER CULTIVATORS - MORRIS MOUNTED HARROWS -", "[logo]/ MORRIS" and "FIRST PRODUCTION/ MODEL OF THE/ HORSE DRAWN 8/ FOOT MORRIS ROD/ WEEDER/ PRODUCED IN/ 1929", together with image of weeder appears on one side of medallion; "MORRIS ROD WEEDER CO. LTD. HEAD OFFICE YORKTON SASKETCHEWAN CANADA", company logo and "MANUFACTURERS OF YOUR/ KIND OF FARM EQUIPMENT/ Geo. A. [?] Morris", together with portrait of Mr. Morris appears on opposite side of medallion.

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

Round brass-colour metal disk bears raised text and graphics.

Decoration

Stylized images of George Morris and weeder decorate medallion.