Summary

Promotional pamphlet outlining the various features of the Sunshine Maize Husker and Sheller including the drum, concave, elevator, bagging, lubrication, feed table, pulleys, riddles and fan. The back cover mentions the machine's additional materials including bean and kaffir corn attachments. Images inside the leaflet include explanations of the machine's parts. The reader is also notified that the machine produces "cleaner grain, faster, easier, cheaper". The following statement adorns the cover page: "The foremost name in Sunshine Australian Agriculture".

Part of a collection of photographs, negatives, moving film, artefacts, documents and trade literature belonging to the H. V. McKay Sunshine Collection. The McKay collection is regarded as one of the most significant industrial heritage collections in Australia. The collection relates to the agricultural manufacturing firm, the Sunshine Harvester Works. The Australian operations of this company were originally founded by Hugh V. McKay in the 1890s in Ballarat. Between 1906 and 1907, McKay moved production to Sunshine where the firm became one of the largest industrial businesses in Australia. Change in ownership is a recurring theme in the company's history. In 1930, it merged with Massey-Harris to become H.V McKay Massey Harris. In the mid-1950s, the company was absorbed by Canadian agricultural firm Massey-Ferguson. Production in Sunshine ceased in the mid-1980s, following almost 100 years of manufacturing agricultural equipment.

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'SUNSHINE MAIZE HUSKER AND SHELLER' L639, 1522, Sm, 253

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