General Information

Serial #

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Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

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Patents

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General Description

METAL WHEELS, SEED HOPPER & FITTINGS/ WOOD FRAME & HANDLES

Dimensions

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

Length

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Width

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Height

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Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Horticulture

Sub-Category

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Manufacturer

AKA

Bateman Wilkinson

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

FOR PLANTING GARDEN SEEDS IN ROWS. SEEDS FROM HOPPER ARE AUTOMATICALLY DEPOSITED IN FURROW AT REGULAR INTERVALS, & COVERED WITH SOIL WHICH IS LIGHTLY PRESSED DOWN

Technical

BY COMBINING A NUMBER OF STEPS FORMERLY UNDERTAKEN BY HAND, THE SEEDER REDUCED THE TIME & LABOUR REQUIRED FOR PLANTING GARDEN CROPS

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

RAISED PRINTING ON SEED HOPPER LID READS: 'PATD/ DEC 4 83/ OCT 28 84/ JUNE 2 85/ NOV 22 87/ NEW MODEL'/ SEED INDEX PLATE READS: 'TURNIP CABBAGE SAGE CARROT ONION PARSNIP SPIN'H BEET PEA CORN'/ 'X-536' IN BLACK MARKER ON HOPPER/ REMNANTS OF PAPER LABEL (ILLEGIBLE) INSIDE HOPPER LID

Missing

From CA of 06/30/1997 by Gordon Perrault: Yes - horizontal wooden bars appear to be missing from the underside of cast seeder mechanism

Finish

WHEELS, HOPPER & FITTINGS METALUNFINISHED/ FRAME & HANDLES WOOD UNFINISHED

Decoration

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