Hand Planter
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Artifact Overview
Beginning in the 1850s, farmers could plant corn by jabbing the metal tip of this planter into the ground. Activating the lever would drop the seeds into the hole. This device may have sped up planting, but it remained a tool for small acreage farms or planting areas missed by horse-drawn mechanical seed drills.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Hand planter
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
00.1143.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Wood (Plant Material)
Iron (Metal)
Color
Brown
Black (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 36 in
Width: 48 in
Length: 4 in
Inscriptions
stenciled on sides of seed boxes:
saves no less than one pint of seeds
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