Seed drill
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 10 ROW/DOUBLE RUN FEED/HOE OPENERS
- DATE
- 1872
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1977.0706.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Watson, J.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Hyr, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD/ CAST IRON/ STEEL/ LEATHER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 246.0 cm
- Height
- 116.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Cultivation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Watson
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Hyr
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1872 +
- Canada
-
A PRODUCT OF A CANADIAN MFG. - Function
-
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT USED TO SOW CEREAL GRAINS & GRASS SEED, BY PLACING SEED IN GROUND IN ROWS AT UNIFORM DEPTH AS DRILL WAS DRAWN THROUGH FIELD. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF SEED DRILL FOR 10 ROWS, WITH SINGLE RUN FEED, HOE OPENERS, CHAIN DEPTH CONTROLS. IT FEATURES "BREAK AWAY" HOES - STAGGERING LEVER TO SET THE HOES OUT OF LINE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- '"FIRST PRIZE" PROVINCIAL EXHIBITION 1872/ THE FARMERS FRIEND MFG. J. WATSON, HYR, ONT.'
- Missing
- HANDLE TO LIFT HOES/ SOME DOWN SPOUTS ARE IN ROUGH SHAPE From CA of 06/18/1997 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined - Possibly missing seed inserts.
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Watson, J., Seed drill, after 1872, Artifact no. 1977.0706, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1977.0706.001/
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