Showing 261 items matching farm equipment
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Mont De Lancey
Functional object - Horse hames, Unknown
... Farm equipment... accessories Harness Animal accessories Farm equipment Hames ...Used on a farm in the late 19th or early 20th century.A pair of shaped steel horse hames which are linked together by a five links chain at the top to two rings. There are two large flat steel hooks attached to the sides with bolts, nuts and rivets and it has two metal rings at the bottom. It would have been attached to a horse collar and used to to distribute the load around a horse's neck and shoulders when pulling a wagon or plough. The collar often supports and pads a pair of curved metal or wooden pieces, called hames, to which the traces, which attach to the wagon or plough, of the harness are attached. The collar allows the horse to use its full strength when pulling. It was used in the late 19th or early 20th century.Indicipherable inscriptionhorses, horse accessories, harness, animal accessories, farm equipment, hames -
Mont De Lancey
Tool - Branding Iron, Unknown
... Farm equipment... irons Tools Farm equipment Livestock equipment ...A vintage steel branding iron with two prongs with the brand H S on one end and a ring at the other end. It was used to brand livestock on farms. It is the middle iron in the attached photo of three irons.H Sbranding irons, tools, farm equipment, livestock equipment -
Mont De Lancey
Tool - Branding Iron, Unknown
... Farm equipment... end. Branding irons Tools Farm equipment Livestock equipment ...A vintage long steel branding iron with four prongs with the brand of a circle with a T in the middle one end and a bent ring at the other end. It was used to brand livestock on farms. It is the top iron in the attached photo of three irons.A circle with a 'T' inside brand on one end.branding irons, tools, farm equipment, livestock equipment -
Mont De Lancey
Tool - Branding Iron, Unknown
... Farm equipment... on one end. Branding irons Tools Farm equipment Livestock ...A vintage steel branding iron with two prongs with the brand T Q one end and a bent ring at the other end. It was used to brand livestock on farms. It is the bottom iron in the attached photo of three irons.'T Q' brand on one end.branding irons, tools, farm equipment, livestock equipment -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Document, 1928
... farm equipment... of the Saddlery and Sports Depot, on 1/02/1928. w williamson farm ...Statement issued to W Williamson for payment of a previous account rendered and additional purchases on 2/08/1927 and 14/10/27. Payment by cheque certified by Geo. T. Bassingdale, proprietor of the Saddlery and Sports Depot, on 1/02/1928.Paper receipt, issued to W. Williamson for payment of his account with a local shopTax stamp toward bottom of receipt overwritten with: "By Cheque | GTB | 1/2/28 | With thanks"w williamson, farm equipment, saddlemakers, george bassingdale, businesses -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Photograph - Image, F. Foxcroft, 1900 (Approximate)
... farm equipment... agriculture threshing blackie traction engine farm equipment F ...Mr Blaickie an Uncle of Mr S.W. McDonald, Local ResidentBlack and white photograph, mounted on grey cardboard, of Blackies Traction Engine and Threshing Machines - 16 Men in photo - child sitting on wheel- Bags of chaff in Foreground - Tree covered hill in background.On back of photo: "Blaikies Traction Engine & Thresher. Taken Porepunkah 1900 early. Blaikies were Uncles of Mr [illeg] McDonald. A Mr Blackies on engine"agriculture, threshing, blackie, traction engine, farm equipment -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Image
... farm equipment... Hills. Old shed in background. agriculture farm equipment olive ...Black and white photograph of farm machine at Olive Hills. Old shed in background.agriculture, farm equipment, olive hills -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Image
... farm equipment...-country Image Black and white photograph of farm machine at Olive ...Duplicate of photograph 2809.1Black and white photograph of farm machine at Olive Hills. Old shed in background. At bottom left corner of photo: "Olive Hills"agriculture, farm equipment, olive hills -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Image
... farm equipment... farm equipment ...Black and white photograph of farm machine at Olive Hills. Olive Hills house just visible in background. At bottom corner of front of photo: "Olive Hills"agriculture, olive hills, farm equipment -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Machine - Sewing Machine, Bootmaking, c1900
... farm equipment... pioneers bentleigh market gardeners early settlers farm equipment ...This treadle Bootmaking machine was used by early settlers and market gardeners in Moorabbin Shire, who had to be self reliant, producing their food and making and maintaining their own equipment, clothing and utensils This Claes 'Patent Elastic' boot-making machine is an example of the skills and craftsmanship of the pioneer settlers in Moorabbin Shire c1900 A black, 'Patent Elastic' treadle, boot-maker's, sewing machine.'PATENT ELASTIC' on iron framebrighton, moorabbin, pioneers, bentleigh, market gardeners, early settlers, farm equipment, sewing machine, boot-makers, leatherwork, patent elastic manufacturing company -
Greensborough Historical Society
Tool - Fence Strainer, 1914c
... farm equipment.... fence strainers partington family farm equipment ...Fence strainers were used to tension the wire on farm fences. This strainer was used on the Partington property in Greensborough. Walkers Fence Strainers are advertised in the Tweed Daily (Murwillumbah, NSW) on Saturday 11 April 1914, page 1. A relic from Greensborough's rural past.Metal fence-wire strainer. Some rust.Stamped on side of item "WALKERS"fence strainers, partington family, farm equipment -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Vehicle - Furphy Water Cart, J. Furphy & Sons, c. 1942
... Farm equipment... & Walker Blacksmith Farm equipment Implement maker Tool maker Horse ...This horse-drawn, two-wheeled cart with a tank, is known as a Furphy Farm Water Cart that was made in Shepparton, northern Victoria, c. 1942. John Furphy (1842-1920) was born in Moonee Ponds, in 1842 to Irish immigrant parents and subsequently raised in the Yarra Valley before the family moved to Kyneton in central Victoria, where he completed an apprenticeship with the firm Hutcheson and Walker. Murphy began operations of his own at a site on Piper Street in Kyneton in 1864. He relocated for a business opportunity and founded the first blacksmiths and wheelwrights shop in the newly surveyed town of Shepparton in 1873. Furphy invented many farming tools and machines including a patented grain-stripper, and won awards at the 1888-89 Melbourne International Exhibition. His most famous invention is the Furphy Farm Water Cart, designed in the 1880s, at a time when water for most households and farms was carted on wagons in wooden barrels. The Furphy’s water cart is a single item that combines a water metal tank and a cart. The design of the cart was simple yet effective, and became popular very quickly and established itself as a vital piece of farming equipment. The water cart has had a number of words cast into its ends over many years. References to the foundry’s location in Shepparton, as well as advertising of other products also manufactured by J. Furphy & Sons were present on the ends. However, the most significant set of words to feature on the tank, was a poem encouraging continual improvement: ‘Good Better Best, Never Let it Rest, Until your Good is Better, And your Better Best’. During The Great War (1914-1918), the water cart was used by the Australian militarily at a large AIF (Australian Imperial Force) camp in Broadmeadows (Melbourne) where thousands of men were camped for months, before being transported aboard. Furphy Water Carts provided water to the troops, and were usually placed near the camp latrines, which was one of the few places the troops could share gossip and tall tales away from the prying eyes and ears of their officers. The water cart drivers were also notorious sources of information, despite most of their news being hearsay, or totally unreliable. By the time the men of the AIF were in engaged in combat on the Gallipoli Peninsula and the Western Front, the carts used for water supply had no markings and became simply referred to as Furphys. This owed as much to the coining of the term ‘Furphy’, Australian slang for suspect information or rumour. After a number of decades as principally a soldier’s word, 'Furphy' entered the broader Australian vernacular and was used mainly by the political class until recently when the term was taken up by a Australian brewer as a beer brand. This Furphy Water Cart was purchased by Friends of Flagstaff Hill in 2014. The support of local individuals, organisations and businesses enabled its restoration and later its installation alongside the existing late-19th century water pipe stand and 1940s hand pump The Furphy Farm Water Cart is of historical significance as it represents a famous Australian time-saving and energy-saving invention of the 1880s, replacing the labour intensive activity of collecting and dispensing water from barrels and casks on the back of carts. The water cart’s connection with manufacturing companies J. Furphy & Sons and Furphy Foundry are significant for being early Australian businesses that are still in operation today. Furphy carts are of military significance for the role they played during The Great War (1914-1918) in Australian army camps, and theatres of war in Europe and the Middle East, to supply the AIF troops with fresh water. A wooden framed, two-wheeled, horse-drawn cart, fitted with a horizontally mounted, cylindrical metal tank. The tank is made of rolled, sheet steel with a riveted seam, and cast iron ends with cast iron ends. The spoked metal wheels have fitted flat iron tyres and metal hubs. A metal pipe is joined to the outlet. The tank is silver coloured, the ends, wheels and trims are crimson, and the script lettering on tank sides is black. There are inscriptions on the tank, ends, and hubs. The water tank was made in 1942 in Shepparton, Australia, by J. Furphy & Sons and has a capacity of 180 gallons (848 litres). Hub perimeter, embossed “J. FURPHY & SONS” “KEEP THE / BOLTS TIGHT” Hub centre embossed [indecipherable] Tank, each side, painted “J. FURPHY & SONS / Makers / SHEPPARTON” Tank ends, embossed – “FURPHY’S FARM WATER CART” “BORN ABOUT 1880 – STILL ‘GOING STRONG’ 1942” “j. FURPHY & SONS / MAKERS / SHEPPARTON - VIC “ “S - - - - - L MANUFACTURERS” [SPECIAL] “SPIKE ROLLERS” “SINGLE TREES” “PLOUGH WHEELS” “IRON CASTINGS” “LAND GRADERS” “STEEL DELVERS” “CAST IRON PIG” “CHAIN YOKES” “GOOD – BETTER – BEST / NEVER LET IT REST / TILL YOUR GOOD IS BETTER / AND YOUR BETTER – BEST” Image [Stork carrying a baby] above shorthand, transcribed "Produce and populate or perish" Image [Furphy Pig Feeder] beside ‘Cast Iron Pig’ Shorthand, transcribed “"Water is the gift of God but beer and whiskey are concoctions of the Devil, come and have a drink of water"warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, water cart, furphy cart, furphy tank, furphy farm water cart, furphy, john furphy, john furphy & sons, furphy foundry, kyneton, shepparton, mobile water tank, jinker, hutchinson & walker, blacksmith, farm equipment, implement maker, tool maker, horse drawn, stork and baby, good, better, best, barrel, tank, first world war, wwi, eastern front, gallipoli, j furphy & sons -
Greensborough Historical Society
Tool - Fence Strainer, J. Angus & Co, 1900s
... farm equipment... fences. fence strainers farm equipment Fence strainer Tool Fence ...Fence strainers were used to tension the wire on farm fences.Fence strainerfence strainers, farm equipment -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document - Myer Catalogue, 1952
... farm equipment, kitchen ware, books, typewriters, childrens... furniture, garden and small farm equipment, kitchen ware, books ...The Myer Emporium has had a history of over 100 years, and was first started by Sidney Myer trading his wares from door to door.Catalogue representing the store's latest goods to the purchaser, ranging from fashion, house furniture, garden and small farm equipment, kitchen ware, books, typewriters, childrens wear, shoes, men's wear, etc.The Myer Emporium Limited, Spring and Summer Catalogue, 1952books, catalogues -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Card with photograph on cover
... of card showing a working horse pulling a piece of rotary farm... farm equipment. Sun overexposing the top left part of the photo ...Black and white monochromatic photograph mounted on a piece of card showing a working horse pulling a piece of rotary farm equipment. Sun overexposing the top left part of the photo and dust fills the frame. Opens to find'Paramoor Farm, Macedon Ranges' on the front of the photograph Catalogue number written in pencil on reverse. Stamp on the rear: 'Janet Hawkins Photography (c)/Glen Osmond RSD 3050/Woodend 3442 Ph:03 5247 2523/Email:[email protected]' Letter on the inside: 'Dear Sally, What a lovely surprise, thank you very much. Who is the artist? Life goes along happily up here, the March wedding was enjoyed by all (except us!) John is holding his fourth introductory seminar on heavy horse farming in a month or so. Hope all goes well for you, look forward to catching up too! PS Channel 9's program (5.30pm Sundays) have filmed a story about us, should go to air in a month or so. PPS - Have you heard from "Postcards" - story goes to an in new timeslot at Saturday 23 June at 7.30 pm, show is now an hour instead of half hour. Jill + John'churchill island, farm machinery, working horses, photograph -
Buninyong & District Historical Society
Photograph - Original Photograph, Mr. W. Grigg with horses and dray, Bungaree 1990, 1990
... farm equipment...farm equipment Buninyong W. Grigg horses dray Bungaree ...farm equipmentColour photograph, Mr. W. Grigg with horses and dray, Bungaree 1990.buninyong, w. grigg, horses, dray, bungaree -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Bag Filler Rammer
... into filled bags to top up weight. Used on Crawford's farm (Woodlands ...Used on Crawford's farm (Woodlands) to top up bags of cereal when harvested before sewing the bags up. Ramming the pipe into the bag forces extra grain down into the lower areas.Handmade galvanised iron (tin) pipe with funnel at top with lid used to ram extra grain into filled bags to top up weight.bag filler rammer, crawford's farm, agricultural equipment -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Photo - Bill Hermon with his son John, sitting on a horse drawn potato planter
... of farm equipment which is probably a potato planter. His son John... on the back of a piece of farm equipment which is probably a potato ...B&W photo of Bill Hermon sitting on the back of a piece of farm equipment which is probably a potato planter. His son John is sitting in the hopper, holding light reins which are attached to the yokes of two draughthorses. John looks about four years old. They are resting. Photo taken 16th November 1947. -
Greensborough Historical Society
Slide - Photograph, John Ramsdale, Farmland, Lower Plenty: Slide 116, 1990s
... wood and disused farm equipment - in Lower Plenty, 1990s.... and disused farm equipment - in Lower Plenty, 1990s. Part of the John ...Photograph shows a rural scene - a farmyard with stacked wood and disused farm equipment - in Lower Plenty, 1990s.Part of the John Ramsdale collection of slides and audio visual material.Colour photograph scanned from slide.No maker's marks. No caption on slide.lower plenty, farms -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Peter Cuffley, Chandeliers and billy tea: a catalogue of Australian life 1880-1940, by Peter Cuffley, 1984
... from the past. catalogues household equipment farm implements ...This book is a catalogue of items used in Australian homes from 1880-1940. Includes items as diverse as jewellery to household furnishings and farm equipment.224 p., Black and white illustrations.non-fictionThis book is a catalogue of items used in Australian homes from 1880-1940. Includes items as diverse as jewellery to household furnishings and farm equipment.catalogues, household equipment, farm implements -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph
... farm and garden equipment... making in 1922. cullinan uraina eileen bayview farm diggers rest ...A black and white photograph of a group of men working a threshing machine and building a haystack during hay making in 1922.cullinan, uraina, eileen, bayview farm, diggers rest, harvesting, haystacks, machinery, agricultural machinery, farm and garden equipment, hay bales, 1920s, george evans collection -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph
... farm and garden equipment... cultivators horses farm and garden equipment agricultural implements ...A black and white photograph of two horses harnessed up to a cultivator. A young girl and a man are standing behind it.on back: DIGGERS RESTcullinan, uraina, eileen, chris, cultivators, horses, farm and garden equipment, agricultural implements, george evans collection -
Hume City Civic Collection
Photograph
... farm and garden equipment... eileen chris cultivators horses farm and garden equipment drays ...Sepia photograph of two drays that have teams of horses harnessed to them. There are three men in the image and they are backdropped by tall trees.on back: DIGGERS RESTcullinan, uraina, eileen, chris, cultivators, horses, farm and garden equipment, drays, farming, bayview farm, agricultural implements, george evans collection -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Catalogue of agricultural implements, n.d
... Farm and garden equipment... Schwerkolt Cottage & Museum Complex Agricultural machinery Farm ...Catalogue of agricultural implements held in the museum giving donors' names where known.Catalogue of agricultural implements held in the museum giving donors' names where known.Catalogue of agricultural implements held in the museum giving donors' names where known.nunawading historical society, schwerkolt cottage & museum complex, agricultural machinery, farm and garden equipment -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Tool - Milking Machine Engine
... Churchill Island Heritage Farm 246 Samuel Amess Drive ...Aqua engine case, surface rust, with driving wheelsfarm machinery, dairy equipment, cow milking, machine driven, churchill island -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Babcock Milk Tester
... owned a dairy farm. farm machinery dairy equipment babcock ...This milk tester was developed by Stephen Babcock in 1890 to discourage milk adulteration. Some farmers would dilute the milk with water or skim off some of the cream. To undertake the test, milk was put into a special flask with a long neck, called a Babcock bottle, an amount of sulfuric acid was added to the milk. This would dissolve proteins and others components and leave the fat. The bottles were then placed on the tester. Heating and centrifuging would cause the fat to separate and float to the top in a layer free of bubbles. The centrifuging was done by speedily turning the handle (the handle is missing on this tester). The amount of fat could then be estimated from the volume of that layer. This Babcock Milk Tester was of the type used by previous owner of Churchill Island, Harry Jenkins, who owned a dairy farm.Slate steel hand operated centrifuge, with a long wooden crank attaching to the body. Eight uncoloured metal protrusions for attaching to the bottles/pipettes connect with the crank, and the feet of the machine have two holes for secure attachment to a surface. This object has been riveted to a wooden board. Babcock Tester, Officialfarm, machinery, dairy, equipment, babcock tester, hand operated, fat content, babcock, churchill island -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Milk/Cream Separator
... successful today. farm machinery dairy equipment milk cream separator ...This device would separate the cream from milk using a hand operated lever. When turned, the lever would activate a disc which would spin the separator bowl at a great speed. Through this use of centrifugal force, the cream would gather in the middle while the milk would be pulled towards the outside walls of the bowl. Once the rotation ceased, the milk and cream would flow out of two separate spouts. Prior to the invention of the separator, gravity was used to naturally separate the cream from the milk. The cream rose to the top and was then skimmed by hand. This process was lengthy and often resulted in sour milk, so the invention of the mechanical separator was popular in the dairy industry as there was less waste and encouraged greater production levels. Alfa Laval is a Swedish company founded in 1883. Beginning with domestic farm machinery and dairy products, they expanded to heavy industry and are still successful today. Metal cream separator mounted on red base with bowl, double spouts.Alfa Lavalfarm machinery, dairy equipment, milk, cream, separator, hand operated -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Milk/cream separator
... levels. farm machinery dairy equipment milk cream separator hand ...This device would separate the cream from milk using a hand operated lever. When turned, the lever would activate a disc which would spin the separator bowl at a great speed. Through this use of centrifugal force, the cream would gather in the middle while the milk would be pulled towards the outside walls of the bowl. Once the rotation ceased, the milk and cream would flow out of two separate spouts. Prior to the invention of the separator, gravity was used to naturally separate the cream from the milk. The cream rose to the top and was then skimmed by hand. This process was lengthy and often resulted in sour milk, so the invention of the mechanical separator was popular in the dairy industry as there was less waste and encouraged greater production levels. Silver bowl with black base with handle; mounted on boardfarm, machinery, dairy, equipment, milk, cream, separator, hand operated, churchill island -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Milk/cream separator
... spouts for the milk and the cream can clearly be seen. farm ...This device would separate the cream from milk using a hand operated lever. When turned, the lever would activate a disc which would spin the separator bowl at a great speed. Through this use of centrifugal force, the cream would gather in the middle while the milk would be pulled towards the outside walls of the bowl. Once the rotation ceased, the milk and cream would flow out of two separate spouts. Prior to the invention of the separator, gravity was used to naturally separate the cream from the milk. The cream rose to the top and was then skimmed by hand. This process was lengthy and often resulted in sour milk, so the invention of the mechanical separator was popular in the dairy industry as there was less waste and encouraged greater production levels. This separator is missing its bowl, however the two spouts for the milk and the cream can clearly be seen.Metal top, bowl missing ;burgundy pedestal base with handlefarm machinery, dairy equipment, milk, cream, separator, hand operated -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Functional object - Milk separator, 1930s
... . churchill island farm machinery dairy equipment milk cream separator ...The milk separator used centrifugal force to separate the cream and milk. A wooden crank handle would have been attached to the side of the machine (where the handle attached can be seen on the right-hand side). The milk was poured into the bowl on the top and the handle had to then be turned fast enough to get the separator up to speed adequate to separate the cream and the milk. The milk would come out of one spigot and the cream out of the other. Silver bowl with red base; some suface rustchurchill island, farm machinery, dairy equipment, milk, cream, separator, hand operated