General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL FRAME, RIMS & FERTILIZER BINS; FIBREGLASS SEED HOPPERS WITH METAL LIDS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

169.0 cm

Width

170.0 cm

Height

106.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Cultivation

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Cockshutt

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Brantford

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

For accurate placement of seed in soil. Corn kernels, stored in hoppers, are dropped automatically in evenly spaced rows created by runner openers. Fertilizer stored in bins on planter is also deposited. Disks cover & ridge the soil over the rows; open centre wheels firm the soil about the sides of the seed.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

WHITE DECAL WITH BLACK PRINT ON FERTILIZER BINS READS: 'COCKSHUTT/ PRINTED IN U.S.A.'/ '331-A' PAINTED IN WHITE ON ONE BIN/ '8-15' PAINTED IN YELLOW ON OTHER BIN/ BLACK, GOLD, WHITE & RED DECAL ON SEED HOPPER READS: 'COCKSHUTT [LOGO]/ PRINTED IN U.S.A. Mc'/ '8-15' PAINTED IN YELLOW ON SAME HOPPER/ BLACK DECAL WITH WHITE NOS. '312' ON OTHER HOPPER/ RAISED PART NOS. CAST ON METAL PIECES THROUGHOUT

Missing

From CA of 06/20/1997 by Gordon Perrault: Yes - tongues are missing from objects ?

Finish

FRAME & FERTILIZER BINS METAL RE-PAINTED GREEN (OVER LIGHTER GREENORIGINAL FINISH)/ RIMS METAL PAINTED WHITE/ SEED HOPPERS GREEN FIBREGLASS WITH LIDS METAL PAINTED WHITE

Decoration

N/A