Seeder
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BROADCAST/TAILGATE/DRAWBAR MOUNTED/P.T.O. DRIVEN
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1980.0279.001
- MANUFACTURER
- GARBER POWER SEEDER INC.
- MODEL
- SEED EASY
- LOCATION
- St. Paris, Ohio, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- G 3B 953
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SHEET STEEL, CAST IRON
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 60.0 cm
- Width
- 41.0 cm
- Height
- 115.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Cultivation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- GARBER
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Ohio
- City
- St. Paris
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1950 +
- Canada
-
REPRESENTATIVE OF BROADCAST SEEDING EQUIPMENT MFD. BY SHORT LINE EQUIPMENT MFRS., C. 1950 - Function
-
DEVICE ATTACHED TO END OF WAGON BOX & USED TO SOW CEREAL GRAINS & GRASSES BY DROPPING SEED ONTO PREPARED SOIL AS WAGON WAS DRAWN THROUGH FIELD; SEED WAS USUALLY COVERED WITH SOIL BY SUBSEQUENT HARROWING. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF TAILGATE OR END-GATE BROADCAST SEEDER CONSISTING OF MACHINE ATTACHED TO REAR OF WAGON BOX. INTRODUCED IN 1860S, THESE MOST COMMONLY USED ROTATION TYPE OF DISTRIBUTION MECHANISM DRIVEN BY REAR WAGON WHEEL. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- SEED BOX - BACK: "Seed Easy" SYMBOL STENCILLED IN YELLOW; "Fema" DECAL AFFIXED TO LOWER RIGHT CORNER/ SEED BOX - SIDE: "Operating Manual" PLATE
- Missing
- PTO CONNECTION From CA of 07/23/1997 by Gordon Perrault: No - hopper seeder unit appears intact
- Finish
- SEEDBOX & BACK: GREEN/ MOUNTING FRAME: YELLOW/ PAINT GENERALLY FADED & WORN; METAL RUSTY
- Decoration
- N/A
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GARBER POWER SEEDER INC., Seeder, circa 1950, Artifact no. 1980.0279, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1980.0279.001/
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