84/23

Deaccessioned. Please note that this object no longer forms part of the Museum of English Rural Life collection and cannot be accessed at our institution.

swathing frame: deaccessioned

MERL miscellaneous note - 'Withdrawn'., MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: SWATHER // Accession number: 84/23 // Classification: HARVESTING // Negative number: // Acquisition method: Gift // Acquired from, date: Howard Coltman, [...], September 1960 // Store: RIFLE RANGE // Condition: Good but rusty // Recorder, date: July 1984 Betts // Description: This swather is made of iron. It consists of a bar with two attachment points. To this are fixed 14 metal strips of various lengths, some are jointed and curved. // Dimensions: Width: 133cm Length: Up to 3 metres or more. // Associated information: This swather was fixed to the finger bar of a mower and gently moved the cut crop until the swathe was moved out of the way for the next cut. // See correspondence with Acc. Nos. 62/236-240. // September 1988: sent on Permanent Loan to Old Kiln Museum, Farnham // References:'