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OBJECT TYPE: BROADCAST/BOX/WALKING/GRASS
DATE: 1880
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1969.1167.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD BOX, SLAT, LEVER & BRACKETS/ SHEET METAL BOTTOM/ LEATHER STRAP REMNANT

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 213.0 cm
Width: 12.0 cm
Height: 10.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Agriculture
Category: Cultivation
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: FOR SOWING GRASS SEED (TIMOTHY, ALFALFA, CLOVER) BY HAND. THE SEED TROUGH WAS CARRIED WITH THE AID OF A NECK/SHOULDER STRAP. AS THE OPERATOR WALKED ACROSS THE FIELD, HE MOVED THE SERRATED SLAT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SEEDER BACK & FORTH. THE AGITATION CAUSED THE SEED TO PASS THROUGH THE HOLES & ONTO THE GROUND. IT WAS THEN COVERED WITH A HARROW.
Technical: AN EXAMPLE OF A WOOD BOX BROADCAST SEEDER CARRIED BY THE OPERATOR. BECAUSE IT EXTENDED LATERALLY ON EITHER SIDE OF THE OPERATOR, THIS DEVICE ENABLED MORE GROUND TO BE SEEDED THAN WITH THE KNAPSACK STYLE CRANK HAND SEEDER.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: N/A
Missing: NECK/SHOULDER STRAP
Finish: BOX WOOD STAINED/PAINTED RED-BROWN/ SLAT WOOD UNFINISHED/ STRAP REMNANT BROWN LEATHER
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Seeder, circa 1880, Artifact no. 1969.1167, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1969.1167.001/

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