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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

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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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