Object number
52/130/1-4
Description
Four wrought iron cultivator tines, retained after disposal of the cultivator, due to extreme fragility and loss of original timber structure. The cultivator had been used as a fence in a hedge.
Four wrought iron cultivator tines,retained after disposal of the cultivator, due to extreme fragility and loss of original timber structure. The cultivator had been used as a fence in a hedge. The description of the cultivator was: 'Cultivators stirred the soil deeply without turning it, and brought the weeds to the surface. Little is known about the origins of this object. It has three long wooden beams and three shorter cross beams, which pass through longer beams – one at each end of the cultivator. Traces of red paint on wood. It had been used as a fence in a hedge and is now in poor condition.'
Physical description
4 wrought iron tines
Archival history
MERL miscellaneous note - 'Cultivators were developed in the early nineteenth century, mainly to deal with new land which the drag harrow could not touch. They stirred the soil deeply without turning it, and brought the weeds to the surface.'
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_144.tif - High resolution image
