| Items available for Education Loans from The Davistown | 19-May- |
| Tools |
| Ox shoes | 101312T31 |
| 4 3/4" long, 1 3/4" wide |
| signed "No 20" "ATWATER 2" |
| The Atwater Manufacturing Company of Southington, CT, was involved in a patent suit over |
| an 1873 patent for improved dies for forging ox shoes. |
| (http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F1/0025/0025.f1.0101.pdf). |
| Planters' dibble | 31212T17 |
| 11" long, 1 1/8" diameter |
| unsigned |
| Sheep shears | 101701T4 |
| 12 1/4" long |
| signed with an interesting cartouche illustrating the function of this tool: a farmer shearing a |
| sheep with the mark "clipaway" |
| This is probably a 20th century tool and is an excellent specimen for in-class demonstration. |
| Sickle | 102211T2 |
| 17" long, 5" handle, 9" wide | bio |
| signed "North Wayne Tool Co., Oakland, ME USA" and an owners signature nearly obscured : |
| "M__OLIN" |
| This sickle is used for cutting grass and probably is an early 20th century product. |
| Sod ax | 72615T1 |
| 10" edge, 9" tall, 1 1/2" thick |
| signed "S.W. HOLWAY BOURNEDALE" |
| Seth W. Holway is listed in the DATM as working in North Sandwich, Massachusetts circa 1860- |
| 1871. He is listed as selling hardware in Bournedale in the 1907 Massachusetts Yearbook and |
| City & Town Register. |
| Tobacco hatchet | 5315T1 |
| 7 1/4" long, 4" wide, 4 1/4" edge |
| signed "COLLINS" |
| This tool is not pictured in the Collins company catalog. |
| Tractor wrench and valve lifter | 81713T6 |
| 9" long, 4" wide |
| unsigned |
| Valve lifter | 6316T1 |
| 8 3/4" long, 2" tall, 3/4" wide |
| unsigned |
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