Object number
79/105
Description
A hay, tester, used to test the condition of stacked hay, inside a rick.
This is a long iron rod, 1m. thick, with a looped handle one end and a barbed point to the other.
Physical description
hay tester rod: iron
Archival history
MERL Miscellaneous note- Georgia Charitou-21 Novemeber 2014- This stack tester was made about 1880-1890 in Cheshire. G. C. Bagrley, the donor's uncle lived at Manor Farm in Davesbury, near Warrington where his father farmed. In 1909 he moved to Sutton Grange, Market Drayton to set up on his own as a farmer, taking with him this tester. Stack testers are used for detecting a hot stack. It was placed in the stack and left in. If when withdrawn it failed to bring out a sample, or was sticky to the touch, or even not when the sack was hot. They were used until the pick-up baler was introduced, c. 1948.
Production place
Cheshire
Production date
1880 - 1890
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_13920.tif - High resolution image
