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- Garden Seed Planter, circa 1850 - Americans have always sought to replace manual labor with machines, even if just for planting garden seeds. This early example of a mechanical planter is made almost entirely of wood. The seed is deposited by a slide in the base of the hopper, which is tripped by cogs on the inside of the planter's wheel.
- circa 1850
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Garden Seed Planter, circa 1850
Americans have always sought to replace manual labor with machines, even if just for planting garden seeds. This early example of a mechanical planter is made almost entirely of wood. The seed is deposited by a slide in the base of the hopper, which is tripped by cogs on the inside of the planter's wheel.