Hoosier Seed Sower, circa 1890
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The hand-cranked spinning disk of a broadcast seeder distributes grass and grain seed quickly to a wide area -- an improvement over tossing out seed by hand. By the time this seeder was made, it would have been used on smaller farms or to plant less critical crops. Larger, wealthier farms employed seed drills, which placed the seed into the ground.
The hand-cranked spinning disk of a broadcast seeder distributes grass and grain seed quickly to a wide area -- an improvement over tossing out seed by hand. By the time this seeder was made, it would have been used on smaller farms or to plant less critical crops. Larger, wealthier farms employed seed drills, which placed the seed into the ground.
Artifact
Broadcast seeder
Date Made
circa 1890
On Exhibit
at Greenfield Village in Soybean Lab Agricultural Gallery
Object ID
76.94.124
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Union Fork & Hoe Co.
Material
Wood (Plant material)
Canvas
Dimensions
Height: 13.5 in
Width: 40 in
Length: 20 in
Inscriptions
THE / HOOSIER SEED SOWER / MF'D BY / THE GOSHEN / SWEEPER & WRINGER CO / GOSHEN, IND
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