Object number
79/18
Description
This is a chaff cutter with an iron frame and fly wheel and four legs. The wooden chute appears to be missing. There is an inscription reading 'Buckland & Sons, Taunton'. This cutter appears to have been manufactured by Denning & Co, Chard, Somerset.
Physical description
1 chaff cutter: iron
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Chaff cutter // Description: Iron frame and fly wheel, four legs. Wooden chute missing. Inscription: Buckland & Sons, Taunton. Made by Denning & Co., Chard, Somerset. Class DDB. // Associated information: found in museum unaccessioned. Illustration in 1896 Denning Catalogue (Science Museum Collection)'
Production place
Chard
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