Object number
52/42
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Description
This Threshing Machine (No. 11473) is a type 'C.1.' 4'6" drum with side delivery. It was manufacturerd by Edward Humphries (now Fisher Humphries & Co., Ltd), of Pershore, Worcestershire, in 1900. It was used for completely preparing a cereal crop, from initial threshing to the final bagging up of quality grain. It may have been made some years earlier than 1900, or else was made bespoke for its first purchaser, as it is a type of threshing machine that was commonly made in the 1880s.
Physical description
1 threshing machine; wood, metal, good condition
Label Text
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN>6. <B>Edward Humphries' Double Blast Threshing machine</B><P> This threshing machine - a C.1., No.11473 with 4 ft 6 ins drum - forms part of the collections at the Museum of English Rural Life. It is noteworthy for two reasons. Firstly, it is of a type known as a Double Blast, meaning that inside are two winnowing blowers to remove more thoroughly any chaff, cavings and light weed, thus producing better dressed grain. One of these fans is positioned in the lower shoe of the machine, and the other provides a final blast as the grain passes through the winnowing riddle before reaching the finishing screen. Also of interest is the rather unusual side delivery - the spouts for the finished grain being on the side of the machine rather than, as was more common, at the end. This was simply a variation in design, perhaps being made to order for a client who had particular need for such a set up on his farm.<P> Although, according to the manufacturer, this type of machine was commonly made in the 1880s, it is recorded as having left Humphries' Works on 6th September 1900, being bought by a Mr. S. Taylor of Sinton Green, Worcester. The reasons are unknown. It might have lain in storage for a number of years as a result of a cancelled order, or, alternatively, Mr. Taylor might have had it made specially.<P> Being a much smaller firm than the likes of Ransomes or Clayton & Shuttleworth, Edward Humphries produced fewer threshing machines, fewer of which still survive. Because of this the above machine is considered quite a rare example.<P> 52/42</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
Archival history
MERL miscellaneous note– Charles Humphries, whose grandfather founded the Humphries Engineering Company in Pershore, visited the Museum on 11 August 2009 and spoke with the Assistant Curator, who showed him the accession file related to this machine. Mr Humphries indicated that the older family tree contained in the accession file most likely represents the wrong branch of the Humphries family, or possibly a different Humphries family altogether. Further information about the correct family line will be added as and when Charles Humphries sends it to the Museum.
Production place
Pershore
Production date
1875-01-01 - 1899-12-31
Production period
Late-nineteenth century
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