Object number
52/200
Title
Amesbury Heaver,
Description
This hand-operated dressing machine, also known as an 'Amesbury Heaver' was used in conjunction with a winnowing machine. The sieves separate the grain into two grades and the straw runs off. It is inscribed 'MUNDAY N. DEVIZES'. It came from Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire.
Physical description
1 dressing machine: wood; wire mesh; fair condition
Archival history
Letter, Donor to MERL - 'The donor’s connection with Reading University is that he 'received its first degree in Agriculture in 1928'.'
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