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- Broadcast Seeder, circa 1870 - The hand-cranked spinning disk of this broadcast seeder -- patented by Jacob Kurtz in 1870 -- distributed grass or grain seed quickly to a wide area. Broadcast seeders were an improvement over tossing out seeds by hand. John Edison, a relative of Thomas Edison, likely used it when farming in Kent County, Michigan.
- circa 1870
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Broadcast Seeder, circa 1870
The hand-cranked spinning disk of this broadcast seeder -- patented by Jacob Kurtz in 1870 -- distributed grass or grain seed quickly to a wide area. Broadcast seeders were an improvement over tossing out seeds by hand. John Edison, a relative of Thomas Edison, likely used it when farming in Kent County, Michigan.