Rake

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Nom de l'objet :	Rake
Matériaux :	iron
Numéro d'accession :	BE2009.1.309
Date de début de production :	1930
Description :	An iron rake head from a rake with twenty-four teeth. Rectangular concave in shape. Two 4 cm by 2 cm brackets are found on the back. These brackets are broken on one edge where they connected to the balance of the tool.
Fonctions :	Rake head came from a rake that was used on the Benares property for help maintaining the lawn. When James Beveridge Harris bought the property in 1837 more than half of the cleared land was used for growing grains with a small percent used for garden crops and apple orchards. By the time Arthur got the property in the 1900s most of the land was used for apple orchards and a change started to occur between subsistence farming to commercial crop farming. Along with apples and strawberries Arthur also kept dairy cattle, chicken, geese and peacocks on his farm. He was a gentleman farmer who did some of the work himself but also hired workers to help with various farming and garden activities.
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Ville de l'établissement :	Mississauga
Province de l'établissement :	Ontario

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