Numero oggetto
79/105
Descrizione
This is a long iron rod, 1m. thick, with a looped handle one end and a barbed point to the other.
Descrizione fisica
hay tester rod: iron
Storico archivio
MERL Miscellaneous note- Georgia Charitou-21 Novemeber 2014- This stack tester was made about 1880-1890 in Cheshire. G. C. Bagrley, the donor's uncle lived at Manor Farm in Davesbury, near Warrington where his father farmed. In 1909 he moved to Sutton Grange, Market Drayton to set up on his own as a farmer, taking with him this tester. Stack testers are used for detecting a hot stack. It was placed in the stack and left in. If when withdrawn it failed to bring out a sample, or was sticky to the touch, or even not when the sack was hot. They were used until the pick-up baler was introduced, c. 1948.
Luogo di produzione
Cheshire
Data
1880 - 1890
Nome oggetto
Materiale
Documento esterno
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_13920.tif - High resolution image
