Object number
93/2/1-2
Creator
Description
A 'Horti Culto' petrol-driven cultivator with rotary blades attached, manufactured by Allen & Simmonds (Auto Culto) Ltd. of Thames Side Engineering Works in Reading. It is powered by a four-stroke Villiers engine. Other attachments were also available for the cultivator. It was purchased by the donor in 1959 used on his allotment at School Garden in Iwerne Minster, Dorset.
Physical description
1 cultivator: good condition- in working order when received
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: CULTIVATOR (HORTI CULTO) // Accession number: 93/2 // … // Recorder: JMB // Date: 11.8.93 // Description: Petrol driven cultivator with rotary blades attached. Other attachments are available but only the rotary grass cutter came with the machine. Powered by a Villiers Engine. // Inscription: MAKERS ALLEN & SIMMONDS (AUTO CULTO) LTD // READING ENGLAND Phone 54471 // Dimensions: Length: 160 cm Width 33 cm // Associated information: This cultivator was used by [donor] at School Garden when it was an allotment before the house of the same name was built. // It was purchased in 1959. // Original instructions and Villiers Handbook in Archive collection TR DX30/1–3. // References: TR AMD P2/B 95’
Production place
De Montfort Road [Reading], Wolverhampton
Production date
1959
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_16764.tif - High resolution image
