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For first time visitors I recommend this archive. For a wide variety of some of my best pieces. Thursday, September 25, 2008.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008. From the North American Trap Collectors Association Museum. 1364 A Williams nail holder, patent number 1,688,445. From the Michigan Whitetail Hall of Fame Museum. From the North American Trap Collectors Association Museum.
Friday, August 8, 2008. 1376 This device is a cotter pin puller. Patent number 1,840,581. Both traps are from the North American Trap Collectors Association Museum.
Thursday, August 21, 2008. 1387 A hammer mold and ladle, patent number 1,095,866. Thanks to Tom for sending in this scan from a catalog. 1388 Submitted by Simon, who is currently working in the TV industry at the Olympics in China, a camera is mounted to this Camcat.
Thursday, August 28, 2008. 1393 A Keuffel and Esser planimeter. 4212, this is a drafting instrument used to measure area. 1394 A corn harvester, for cutting corn stalks at the base without bending over, patent number 471,889. A modern version is still sold today. 1395 A barrel cresset, according to this site. 1396 These are both lightning rod balls, they were also used on weathervanes and were available in many different styles.
2008, about 220 million tons of soybeans in the world were produced. 83 percent of the soy crops are used to produce soy oil and animal feed. Finland, 98 percent of the soybean is used for oil industry and animal feed. In Finland the amount of soy animal feed imported was. 168,000 tons in 2009. Including soy ground meat before cooking, can only be used for animal feed.