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Description: Cylindrical veneer mushroom spawning barrel. The wood has been shaped to make the barrel. There is a base and rim around the top and bottom of the barrel, stapled to hold it together. There are a number of stains, discolourations, ink, and evidence of past mold. There is also a lid with a metal ring afixed to it. The lid has the name "Stiglish" handwritten with a circled number "2". In black ink, a stamp reads: Fraser Valley Mush Grow.Co-op Assn.265 E. Georgia St. Vancouver, B.C. Canada"

Object History: Used on the Stiglish family mushroom farm

Category: 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials

Classification: Agricultural T&E - - Cultivation Equipment

Object Term: Barrel

Marks/Labels: Railway Express Agency Incorporated / Printed in U. / This Export Shipment Must Be Routed Via

Colour: Brown; Gray; Black

Measurements: 14" in diameter and 17" high

Subjects: Agriculture; Agricultural Tools and Equipment

Names: Stiglish, Helen; Stiglish, F.J. "Jack"

Historic Neighbourhood: Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)

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brush hook

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV023.14.6

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV023.14.6

Description: Tool with a hooked blade attached to a long wooden handle used for land clearing - cut heavy brush, shrubs, or small trees.; The blade is made of iron and is heavily rusted. The handle is damaged in several spots and cracked where the blade is attached.

Object History: These items belonged to the Hong family - who founded Hop On Farms in Burnaby. Heritage Burnaby has a number of photos and an oral history about the family.

Category: 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Classification: Maintenance T&E - - Groundskeeping Equipment

Object Term: Hook, Brush

Measurements: Length: 92 cm

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Agricultural Tools and Equipment; Gardens; Gardens - Market Gardens

Names: Hop on Farms

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Cherry-Burrell general catalog : complete equipment and supplies for handling milk and its products : catalog no. 1939.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Cherry-Burrell Corporation of Canada

Publication Date: c1939

Call Number: 637 CHE

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV977.29.49

Call Number: 637 CHE

Author: Cherry-Burrell Corporation of Canada

Place of Publication: Toronto, Ont.

Publisher: Cherry-Burrell Corp.

Publication Date: c1939

Physical Description: 324 p. : ill. : 28 cm.

Inscription: "Mr Gould" [Handwritten in red crayon on title page] "Dary Supply Co Ltd" [Handwritten in orange crayon on title page] "Dairy Supplies ________ Complete ____ to the Dairy ____ ______ 1158 Romeo _____ Vancouver B.C." [Stamped in black ink on front cover]

Library Subject (LOC): Commercial catalogs; Dairying; Catalogs

Subjects: Agriculture; Agriculture - Dairy

Notes: Includes index.

date plaque

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV021.11.1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV021.11.1

Description: Bronze date plaque stamped "F.V.M.P.A./ BURNABY PLANT SOD TURNING / JULY 26, 1962" with 4 corner holes. The object has scratches throughout. The plaque is taped to a cardboard tag with the text "B5102 / $0.80"

Object History: The plate is to commemorate the Fraser Valley Milk Producers Assocation Burnaby Plant sod turning ceremony on July 26, 1962, when construction started on the new facility at Sperling and Lougheed. The plant opened in 1964, and housed the FVMPA head offices, fluid milk plant, and ice cream manufacturing division.

Category: 08. Communication Artifacts

Classification: Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents

Object Term: Plate, Identification

Measurements: 6.3cm wide x 3.1cm high

Subjects: Foods; Agriculture; Agriculture - Dairy

Names: Dairyland; Fraser Valley Milk Producers Association

Historic Neighbourhood: Lozells (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Government Road Area

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Davis-Watkins dairy equipment and supplies for those who want good machinery and good service at a reasonable price

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Davis-Watkins Dairymen's Manufacturing Company

Publication Date: 1919

Call Number: 637 DAV

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV977.29.50

Call Number: 637 DAV

Author: Davis-Watkins Dairymen's Manufacturing Company

Place of Publication: Chicago

Publisher: Davis-Watkins Dairymen's Mfg. Co.

Publication Date: 1919

Physical Description: 1 v. (multiple pagings) : ill. : 29 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Machinery; Dairying; Catalogs

Subjects: Agriculture; Agriculture - Dairy

Massey-Harris : circa 1914 catalog

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Massey-Harris Company

Publication Date: 2004

Call Number: 631.3 MAS

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 1897030045; 9781897030042

Call Number: 631.3 MAS

Author: Massey-Harris Company

Place of Publication: Almonte, Ont.

Publisher: Algrove Pub.

Publication Date: 2004

Series: Classic reprint series (Almonte, Ont.)

Physical Description: 105 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Agricultural machinery; Catalogs

Subjects: Agricultural Tools and Equipment

Notes: Reprint. Originally published: Toronto : Massey-Harris, 1913?

Our first 50 : Fraser Valley Milk Producers' Association, 1917-1967

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Fraser Valley Milk Producers' Association

Publication Date: 1967

Call Number: 637 FRA

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 637 FRA

Author: Fraser Valley Milk Producers' Association

Place of Publication: [Burnaby?, B.C.]

Publisher: Fraser Valley Milk Producers' Association

Publication Date: 1967

Physical Description: [48] p. : ill. ; 30 cm.

Inscription: "copy 2", handwritten in ink on title page.

Library Subject (LOC): Dairying; British Columbia--History

Subjects: Agriculture; Agriculture - Dairy

raffia bundle

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV023.14.9

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV023.14.9

Description: Bundle of raffia strands twisted into a bundle. The bundle is held together at the top by a strip of raffia and is knotted around itself at the bottom.

Object History: These items belonged to the Hong family - who founded Hop On Farms in Burnaby. Heritage Burnaby has a number of photos and an oral history about the family.; Raffia bundle, used for tying vegetables in the fields. *We have a photo of raffia ties in use at Hop On Farm: BV017.36.7

Measurements: Length: 138 cm

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Agricultural Tools and Equipment; Gardens; Gardens - Market Gardens

Names: Hop on Farms

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seed drying tray

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV023.14.12

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV023.14.12

Description: Large wooden hoop frame with thin slats of wood woven across it. This creates a shallow tray on one side of the hoop. The hoop is held together by ties around the hoop itself. Some of the ties have broken causing the hoop to come apart.; The hoop and weave are very brittle.

Object History: These items belonged to the Hong family - who founded Hop On Farms in Burnaby. Heritage Burnaby has a number of photos and an oral history about the family.; Seed drying tray, used when the family saved their own seed. They saved their seed to have a reliable supply of vegetable seeds difficult to find through the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s: choi sum, gai lan, bok choi. The seed heads were clipped and placed on the tray, and stored in the greenhouses to dry down. A finer sieve would have been used to separate the seeds from the chaff.

Category: 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials

Classification: Agricultural T&E

Measurements: Diameter: 86 cm

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Agricultural Tools and Equipment; Gardens; Gardens - Market Gardens

Names: Hop on Farms

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shovel

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV023.12.1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV023.12.1

Description: Rounded digging style shovel. the shovel has a long wooden shaft or handle with a metal rounded mouth blade.; Imprinted in the collar of the blade is "HEAT / TREATED / 2"; The blade of the shovel is rusted.

Object History: These tools belonged to donor's father who had a market garden at his home on 4930 Marine Drive from 1971-79. Her father's name was Yee Law (or Herbert Law). After Yee stopped farming for a living in 1980, he gave these tools to the his daughter Gail and her family (the Yips). They presume that he no longer needed them. He maintained a 1 acre garden on his property until he couldn't anymore.

Category: 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials

Classification: Agricultural T&E

Object Term: Shovel

Measurements: Length: 146.5 cm

Subjects: Agricultural Tools and Equipment

Names: Law, Yee "Herbert"

Geographic Access: Marine Drive

Street Address: 4930 Marine Drive

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tape measure

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV021.10.1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV021.10.1

Description: Promitional tape measurer with a silver top plates and a gold body engraved on both sides. One side dark blue with ariel drawing of building and "Dairyland/ BURNABY PLANT/ 1964" engraved. Reverse is oval image of 4 cows in a field with mountains, sky, and a barn painted on a gold body with "FRASER VALLEY/ MILK PRODUCERS/ ASSOCIATION" in red. Top has a retractable silver steel tape with measurements in inches on one side. "Japan" engraved on base.

Object History: This object belonged to a sales representative for Dairyland, who lived in Chilliwack. He retired in 1978 after 40 years with the company. The Burnaby Dairyland plant was constructed in 1964 on Lougheed Highway near Sperling Avenue.