Hand Planter
01
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
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2022.0.22.336
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Wood (Plant material)
Leatherette
Tin (Metal)
Metal
Color
Brown
Black (Color)
Gray (Color)
Red
Dimensions
Height: 6.25 in
Width: 3 in
Length: 36 in
Inscriptions
stenciled in black on side:
VICTOR. / MF'D BY, / HUGHES & SMYTHE, / GALENA, O.
partial inscription on piece of wood on tin seed box:
AUT / [missing]R THE
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