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A long steel hoe blade with square end. This item came to the museum as part of the Reeves collecton
This is a long steel hoe blade with square end, It has two round and one oval hole for fixing to the hoe. This item came to the museum as part of the Reeves collecton

MERL Miscellaneous note, Greta Bertram, 10 March 2014 – The Reeves Collection was donated by R. & J. Reeves and Son Ltd. of Bratton Iron Works near Westbury, Wiltshire. The firm, which manufactured agricultural machinery, was well-established by 1849, and went into final receivership in 1970, when the Collection was donated to MERL. Bratton Iron Works was demolished in 1973. A detailed list of all of the objects in the Collection can be found in the accession file for 70/235. Records relating to the firm can be found in the MERL Archives, reference TR REE., MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Hoe Part, Blade// Cultivating weeding // gift Reeves, Bratton // Description: One long steel hoe blade with square end, It has two round and one oval hole’s for fixing. Inscription: RANSOMES PSF 1057 M. Dimensions: 39x5-7cm // Part of Reeves collection’