Historical information

Chaff Cutters were devices used by farmers to cut hay or wheat into smaller pieces for animal feed by pushing the feed through the rotating metal gears in the mouth of the device and cranking the bladed wheel to cut the feed as it is pushed through. This chaff cutter would have been used to feed poultry. This device was manufactured by a Dutch company and has been in use since before 1940s.

Significance

This object is significant as it can allow for insight into how farmers lived their day-to-day lives in the Emerald area in the early to mid 1900s.

Physical description

Metal device featuring a large metal wheel with blades on the inside structures. Handheld crank on outside of wheel. Gears in the mouth of the device adjacent to wheel. Handle on top of container of gears.

Inscriptions & markings

Engraved on wheel: "NOURRISSEUR JAPY"