Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology: Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17Schlebecker, John T.
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Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology: Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17
Schlebecker, John T.
Agricultural implements -- United States -- Exhibitions; Agricultural machinery -- United States -- Exhibitions
356. Steel Mink Trap, 1876. USNM 4772; 1966. This trap has a single
spring and a jaw spread of 4-7/8 inches. Gift of Oneida Community, New
York.
357. Steel Muskrat Trap, 1876. USNM 4772; 1966. This muskrat trap has a
single spring and a jaw spread of 4 inches. Gift of Oneida Community,
New York.
358. Steel Rat Trap, 1876. USNM 4772; 1966. This trap has a single
spring and a jaw spread of 3-1/2 inches. Gift of Oneida Community, New
York.
359. Bottle of 2,4-D Herbicide, 1944. USNM 268668; 1966. This bottle
contains a small amount of the original purchase of 2,4-D by the U. S.
Department of Agriculture from the American Chemical and Paint Company
of Ambler, Pennsylvania, in 1944. It cost $12.50 a pound at the time.
Scientists at the Department of Agriculture used the material in
extensive experiments on plant growth inhibitors. Subsequently, 2,4-D
became the most common chemical used for weed killing. Gift of Dr. J. W.
Mitchell, University of Maryland, through Gale Peterson, University of
Maryland.
360. Winnowing Machine, mid 19th century. USNM 270009; 1966. Typical
mid-19th-century fanning mill with vibrator cleaner. Gift of Mrs. Henry
C. Slunt, Hyattsville, Maryland.
361. Winnowing Machine, mid 19th century. USNM 270009; 1966. Typical
mid-19th-century fanning mill with screen vibrator cleaner. Gift of Mrs.
Henry C. Slunt, Hyattsville, Maryland.
[Illustration: Figure 29.--John Deere Model D tractor, 1923. (Catalog
No. 362.)]
362. John Deere Model D Tractor, 1923. USNM 270865; 1967. The John Deere
Model D was the first tractor of the line bearing that name. The
Waterloo Tractor Works, Waterloo, Iowa, made the tractor in 1923. Gift
of Deere & Company, Moline, Illinois, through George F. Neiley.
363. Waterloo Boy Model N Tractor, 1918. USNM 270864; 1967. The Waterloo
Boy tractor was manufactured first as Model R, in 1914, and then as
Model N, beginning in 1918. The Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company of
Waterloo, Iowa, made the Waterloo Boy. It was the first tractor marketed
by the John Deer Company, which acquired the Waterloo Gasoline Engine
Company in 1918. The Waterloo Boy continued to be produced by John Deere
Company until 1923, when that company brought out its own Model D. Gift
of Deere & Company, Moline, Illinois, through George F. Neiley.
[Illustration: Figure 30.--Cheese press. (Catalog No. 364.)]
364. Cheese Press, late 19th century. USNM 170886; 1967. Small, wooden,
hand-operated cheese press, dating from the late 19th century but not
unlike those in use a century before. Gift of Carlton M. Gunn,
Sunderland, Massachusetts, through Allister F. MacDougall.
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