Summary
Photograph of the results of thresher testing in the Threshing laboratory.
Part of a collection of photographs, moving film, artefacts, documents and trade literature relating to Massey Ferguson (Aust.) Ltd, agricultural implement manufacturer, importer and distributor, of Sunshine, Victoria, and its predecessors dating back to Hugh V. McKay, who developed an innovative combine harvesters design during the 1880s and founded the Sunshine Harvester Works, at Ballarat, in 1894.
Description of Content
An operator in the Massey Ferguson Threshing Laboratory in St. Albans road Sunshine, is weighing grain. The wall charts show the variation of concave adjustments during a series of grain separating tests. The results of each experimental setting is reflected by the weight of material (in sets of three mounds) on the floor. The heaps at right comprise grain separated at the concave, in the centre is the concave-separated straw and at the left is the amount of grain that would have gone onto the straw walkers. Articles in Sunshine Outlook June 1967 and Massey Ferguson Review July 1967.
Physical Description
Black and white photograph
More Information
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Collection Names
Massey Ferguson Sunshine Collection (Deposit No.1), H.V. McKay Sunshine Collection
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Massey Ferguson Iseki Australia Ltd, Before 2002
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Place & Date Depicted
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Handwritten in pencil on back, 'INSIDE TEST TRACK BUILDING / AT S/SHINE / Various samples of through put / from the rig at different feed speeds'
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Agricultural & horticultural equipment, Testing
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
190 mm (Width), 190 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Testing Equipment, Testing Machines, Test Machinery, Threshing Equipment, Conveyors, Harvesting Equipment, Harvester Components, Scales, Scales & Balances
