Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1930

Date Range To

1950

Materials

WOOD, STEEL

No. Pieces

1

Height

6.0

Length

149.5

Width

18.9

Description

CONSISTS OF A THICK WOODEN DOWEL THAT IS ATTACHED VIA A BRACKET TO A LARGE FLAT PIECE OF WOOD. FLAT PIECE IS PAINTED OFF-WHITE. THERE IS A STRIP OF METAL SCREWED TO ONE EDGE OF FLAT PIECE. THERE IS ALSO A PAINTED, FLAT PIECE OF METAL BOLTED TO ONE END OF TOP SIDE, AND HAS A LARGE COILED BOLT GOING THROUGH IT. PAINT IS CHIPPING BADLY. BOLTS ARE RUSTED.

Subjects

AGRICULTURAL T&E

Historical Association

AGRICULTURE

History

MOWER WAS USED DURING CUTTING HAY; WOULD PUSH THE CUT HAY OVER TO MAKE A GAP BETWEEN THE CUT AND UNCUT. DONOR BELIEVES THEY QUIT USING MOWER ABOUT 50 YEARS AGO. ARTIFACTS CAME FROM FARM OWNED AND OPERATED BY DONOR AND HER HUSBAND, JAKE. JAKE DOGTEROM'S FATHER, JACOB, CAME TO LETHBRIDGE FROM HOLLAND IN 1912. IT WAS JACOB'S AMBITION TO BECOME A FARMER AND HE GAINED EXPERIENCE WORKING AT THE EXPERIMENTAL STATION AS WELL AS OTHER FARMS IN THE AREA. IN 1918 HE BOUGHT HIS FIRST QUARTER SECTION OF LAND, THE SE 1/4-25-8-21. JACOB MET HIS WIFE EMILY WHILE THEY WERE BOTH WORKING AT THE EXPERIMENTAL FARM AND THEY MARRIED IN 1929. TOGETHER THEY FARMED THE ORIGINAL QUARTER OF LAND UNTIL 1929, WHEN THEY PURCHASED A SECOND QUARTER SECTION ADJOINING THE FIRST. THEY GREW VARIOUS CROPS INCLUDING POTATOES, CORN, ONIONS AND WHEAT. JACOB AND EMILY CONTINUED TO LIVE ON THE FARM AFTER RETIRING. JACOB PASSED AWAY IN 1975, AT THE AGE OF 80, AND EMILY IN 1986 AT THE AGE OF 86. JACOB AND EMILY HAD 7 CHILDREN, ONE OF WHOM IS DONOR'S HUSBAND JAKE. JAKE GREW UP ON THE FARM AND AFTER ATTENDING WHITE SCHOOL FOR ONE YEAR HE TOOK UP FARMING WITH HIS FATHER. THEIR MAIN CROP WAS POTATOES, WITH CATTLE, HAY AND GRAIN. JAKE MARRIED IRMA ELLIS (DONOR) OF LETHBRIDGE IN 1950 AND TOGETHER THEY HAD 4 CHILDREN. IN 1967 JAKE'S YOUNGEST BROTHER RAYMOND AND HIMSELF FORMED A PARTNERSHIP, AND THEY CONTINUED TO FARM TOGETHER UNTIL 1994 WHEN JAKE SOLD HIS QUARTER OF THE LAND. JAKE AND IRMA MOVED OFF THE FARM INTO LETHBRIDGE IN 1988 BUT STILL RETAINED QUARTER SECTION AND CONTINUED TO WORK IT UNTIL 1994. JAKE'S BROTHER HAS RECENTLY SOLD THE FARM OUT OF THE DOGTEROM FAMILY, HENCE THE DONATION OF ARTIFACTS FROM THE FARM.

Catalogue Number

P20030016001

Acquisition Date

2003-07

Collection

Museum

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