Номер объекта
2019/89/1-97
Создатель
Описание
This feed rationing calculator was designed by Derek R. Stuckey, and patented in 1943. These calculators could be used for cattle and other livestock. When used for cattle, rations would be divided into two categories; viz. maintenance, used in the maintenance of life, and production rations, used for cows producing milk. Described as 'an improved calculating device', the calculator includes several grooves into which small blocks, featuring the names of food and corresponding quantities, can be inserted and slid left or right depending on the quantity required. The calculator's patent, held in the MERL's archives, provides a detailed overview of the way in which this device would be used and its purpose.
Numbering (blocks 3-97: G=Green, R=Red, B=Black) : 1) Box, 2) Plastic retainer cover, 3) Hay 10 (G), 4) Hay 10 (R), 5) Oat Straw 10 (G), 6) Oat Straw 20 (R), 7) Barley Straw 10 (G), 8) Barley Straw 20 (R), Brewers Grains 10 (G), 10) Brewers Grains 10 (R), 11) Hay 10 (G), 12) Hay 10 (R), 13) Oat Straw 10 (G), 14) Barley Straw 10 (G), 15) Brewers Grains 10 (G), 16) Potatoes 10 (G), 17) Potatoes 10 (G), 18 Potatoes 10 (G), 19) Potatoes 30 (R), 20) Ground Linseed 3 (G), 21) Ground Linseed 3 (R), 22) Beans 4 (G), 23) Beans 4 (R), 24) Silage 40 (G), 25) Silage 40 (R), 26) Flaked Maize 4 (G), 27) Flaked Maize 4 (R), 28) Peas 4 (G), 29) Peas 4 (R), 30) Kale 40 (G), 31) Kale 40 (R), 32) Flaked Maize 4 (G), 33) Flaked Maize 4 (R), 34) Fish Meal 1 (R), 35) Sugar Beet Tops 40 (G), 36) Sugar Beet Tops 40 (R), 37) Maize Meal 4 (G), 38) Maize Meal (R), 39) Ground Nut Cake Dec. 1 (R), 40) Ground Nut Cake Dec. 1 (R), 41) Ground Nut Cake Dec. 1 (R), 42) Green Maize 40 (G), 43) Green Maize 40 (R), 44) Maize Meal 4 (G), 45) Maize Meal 4 (R), 46) Cotton Cake Dec. 3 (G), 47) Cotton Cake Dec. 1 (R), 48) Carrots 40 (G), 49) Carrots 40 (R), 50) Barley Meal 4 (G), 50a) Barley Meal 4 (R), 51) Ground Nut Cake Undec. 3 (G), 52) Ground Nut Cake Undec. 1 (R), 53) Ground Nut Cake Undec. 1 (R), 54) Ground Nut Cake Undec. 1 (R), 55) Cabbage 40 (G), 56) Cabbage 40 (R), 57) Oats 4 (G), 58) Oats 4 (R), 59) Ground Nut Meal Extd. 1 (G), 60) Ground Nut Meal Extd. 1 (R), 61) Ground Nut Meal Extd. 1 (R), 62) Swedes 40 (G), 63) Swedes 40 (R), 64) Oats 4 (G), 65) Oats 4 (R), 66) Bran 3 (G), 67) Bran 3 (R), 68) Linseed Cake 3 (R), 69) Mangolds 40 (G), 70) Mangolds 40 (R), 71) Dried S.B. Pulp 4 (G), 72) Dried S.B. Pulp 4 (R), 73) Middlings 4 (G), 74) Middlings 4 (R), 75) Maize Gluten Feed 3 (G), 76) Maize Gluten Feed 3 (R), 77) Turnips 40 (G), 78 Turnips 40 (R), 79) Dried S.B. Pulp 4 (G), 80) Dried S.B. Pulp 4 (R), 81) Dried Grains 4 (G), 82) Dried Grains 4 (R), 83) Coconut Cake 3 (G), 84) Coconut Cake 3 (R), 85) Cotton Cake Dec. 1 (R), 86) A Dried Foods 10 (B), 87) A 10 (B), 88) B Roots Green Foods 40 (B), 89) C Turnips 40 (B), 90) D Potatoes Silage 30 (B), 91) Palm Kernel Cake 3 (G), 92) Palm Kernel Cake 3 (R), 93) A 10 (B), 94) A 5 (B), 95) A 5 (B), 96) E Brewers Grains 20 (B), 97) Cotton Cake Undec. 3 (R)
Физическое описание
Numbering (blocks 3-97: G=Green, R=Red, B=Black) : 1) Box, 2) Plastic retainer cover, 3) Hay 10 (G), 4) Hay 10 (R), 5) Oat Straw 10 (G), 6) Oat Straw 20 (R), 7) Barley Straw 10 (G), 8) Barley Straw 20 (R), Brewers Grains 10 (G), 10) Brewers Grains 10 (R), 11) Hay 10 (G), 12) Hay 10 (R), 13) Oat Straw 10 (G), 14) Barley Straw 10 (G), 15) Brewers Grains 10 (G), 16) Potatoes 10 (G), 17) Potatoes 10 (G), 18 Potatoes 10 (G), 19) Potatoes 30 (R), 20) Ground Linseed 3 (G), 21) Ground Linseed 3 (R), 22) Beans 4 (G), 23) Beans 4 (R), 24) Silage 40 (G), 25) Silage 40 (R), 26) Flaked Maize 4 (G), 27) Flaked Maize 4 (R), 28) Peas 4 (G), 29) Peas 4 (R), 30) Kale 40 (G), 31) Kale 40 (R), 32) Flaked Maize 4 (G), 33) Flaked Maize 4 (R), 34) Fish Meal 1 (R), 35) Sugar Beet Tops 40 (G), 36) Sugar Beet Tops 40 (R), 37) Maize Meal 4 (G), 38) Maize Meal (R), 39) Ground Nut Cake Dec. 1 (R), 40) Ground Nut Cake Dec. 1 (R), 41) Ground Nut Cake Dec. 1 (R), 42) Green Maize 40 (G), 43) Green Maize 40 (R), 44) Maize Meal 4 (G), 45) Maize Meal 4 (R), 46) Cotton Cake Dec. 3 (G), 47) Cotton Cake Dec. 1 (R), 48) Carrots 40 (G), 49) Carrots 40 (R), 50) Barley Meal 4 (G), 50a) Barley Meal 4 (R), 51) Ground Nut Cake Undec. 3 (G), 52) Ground Nut Cake Undec. 1 (R), 53) Ground Nut Cake Undec. 1 (R), 54) Ground Nut Cake Undec. 1 (R), 55) Cabbage 40 (G), 56) Cabbage 40 (R), 57) Oats 4 (G), 58) Oats 4 (R), 59) Ground Nut Meal Extd. 1 (G), 60) Ground Nut Meal Extd. 1 (R), 61) Ground Nut Meal Extd. 1 (R), 62) Swedes 40 (G), 63) Swedes 40 (R), 64) Oats 4 (G), 65) Oats 4 (R), 66) Bran 3 (G), 67) Bran 3 (R), 68) Linseed Cake 3 (R), 69) Mangolds 40 (G), 70) Mangolds 40 (R), 71) Dried S.B. Pulp 4 (G), 72) Dried S.B. Pulp 4 (R), 73) Middlings 4 (G), 74) Middlings 4 (R), 75) Maize Gluten Feed 3 (G), 76) Maize Gluten Feed 3 (R), 77) Turnips 40 (G), 78 Turnips 40 (R), 79) Dried S.B. Pulp 4 (G), 80) Dried S.B. Pulp 4 (R), 81) Dried Grains 4 (G), 82) Dried Grains 4 (R), 83) Coconut Cake 3 (G), 84) Coconut Cake 3 (R), 85) Cotton Cake Dec. 1 (R), 86) A Dried Foods 10 (B), 87) A 10 (B), 88) B Roots Green Foods 40 (B), 89) C Turnips 40 (B), 90) D Potatoes Silage 30 (B), 91) Palm Kernel Cake 3 (G), 92) Palm Kernel Cake 3 (R), 93) A 10 (B), 94) A 5 (B), 95) A 5 (B), 96) E Brewers Grains 20 (B), 97) Cotton Cake Undec. 3 (R)
Архивная история
Museum Object Entry Form - 'Museum name: Museum of English Rural Life // Form No: 591 // Received from [...] // Description of object/collection: 5 Stuckey rationing calculators. One to be kept by the MERL. Others to be offered to other institutions or disposed of where necessary // Reason for entry: Gift // Additional agreement: I, the depositor acting on behalf of the owner(s) confirm that the owner(s) have undisputed title to the object(s) listed above, with full power to dispose of the items and transfer title to the museum's governing body, & that I am authorised by the owner(s) to act on their behalf to that effect.', Special Collections Acquisitions Form - 'Special Collections Service // Redlands Road // Reading RG1 5EX // United Kingdom // University of Reading // ACQUISITION FORM - GIFT // Collection // Museum of English Rural Life // Schedule of item(s) acquired // Papers of Derek R. Stuckey // Donor: [...] // Address: // The Donor hereby presents to the University of Reading by way of a deed of gift the item(s) described above on the terms and conditions described overleaf. // If the Donor wishes the Gift to be made anonymously they should tick here. // [...] // Date: Feb 2019', Email, P. Coupland to Mr Guy Baxter, 14 March 2016 - 'Dear Mr. baxter, // Would you please tell me if the Museum of English Rural Life would like to add the papers of the late Derek Stuckey to its collection? // [...] The papers -- which will probably fill the back of a small car -- cover the time from Stuckey's student days at Oxford in the late 1930s up to the early 1960s. They include considerable personal correspondence, papers relating to the management of the Stuckey's farm and a large group of papers relating to the activities of the Rural Reconstruction Association during the post-war period. The last mentioned are a unique survival. The papers themselves are in good condition, having been stored in dry conditions. During the period they were lent to me I merely went through them and photographed them for research purposes but otherwise preserved their original order as much as possible. // The Stuckey family lent me the papers to write a biography of Jorian Jenks(1899-1963), who was a friend and colleague of Stuckey. My book is coming out with Routledge later in the year. // If you would like to give these papers a home at MERL I will be happy to bring them down to you on a mutually convenient date. // Yours sincerely, [...]'
Место изготовления
Greater London [region], Greater London [region]
Дата
1942-01-01 - 1974-12-31
Период создания
Mid-twentieth century
Наименование
Материал
Размерность
- Width 558 mm
- Height 274 mm
- Depth 53 mm