Tools
Farmers kept many of their tools in the barn. Most were to help with looking after animals, storing food and processing it. We have a wide range of tools on display at the barn at Farmtown Park. Here are a few.
Rex Fly-Tox Blue tube with silver lettering used for spraying insects in a barn. 2013.88.1
Red and gray carrier suspended by a chain. Attached to wheels on a black track.Raised and lowered by hand crank. Attached to a metal rail so the carrier can be moved around the barn and moved outside to deposit the manure. 2013.145.1
Large handcart made by The Canadian Fairbanks Morse Ltd. 2013.69.1
Twelve pronged manure fork with finished wood handle and shaft. 2013.101
Wheel barrow or litter carrier used to carry manure. 2013.101
Silage was added in at the chute and shredded by hand powered crank. 2013.132.1
Samson Car Mover made by Dillon Manufacturing, Toronto, Ontario. Patent US Oct 28 1900. Used to move railway cars. One man could move a full car single handed. 2013.58.1
Red and yellow painted root pulper by The Walker Co. Belleville. Black lettering for name. Hand powered with shute. 2013.117.1
Red barn lantern fuel with kerosene made by Beacon. 2013.155 D00301
Hand cranked Burrall corn sheller. Painted red with embossed yellow lettering "The Burrall Sheller". Flywheel on side and wooden base. 2013.89.1