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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
- Collections - Artifact
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.
- Hoosier Seed Sower, circa 1890 - 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.
- circa 1890
- Collections - Artifact
Hoosier Seed Sower, circa 1890
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.
- "Cyclone" Broadcast Seeder, 1953 -
- 1953
- Collections - Artifact
"Cyclone" Broadcast Seeder, 1953
- Rittenhouse Seed Sower, 1900-1910 - 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.
- 1900-1910
- Collections - Artifact
Rittenhouse Seed Sower, 1900-1910
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.