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1. Corn Seeder, 1893 - Planter, Corn

   Corn Seeder, 1893. Wooden corn seeder has a red painted finish. The base of the vertical wooden piece is hinged with a spring to another wooden piece. A disk inside the bottom of the cylinder spins revealing holes beneath that allow seeds to pass through when compressed. The canister is attached to the small wooden piece by a rod. Similar rods attach to a kick plate that are affixed to the small wooden piece on the other side. At the top of the l...

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2. John Deer Two Row Two Horse-drawn Corn Seeder - Seeder, Centrifugal

   John Deer Two Row Two Horse-drawn Corn Seeder is made of wood and metal. Horse tree in front is wood painted yellow attached to iron parts painted green. Back iron seat and wheels are painted yellow. Wheels have double rims with single spoke between them. All other parts are green-painted metal. In front of the wheels are two blades for creating grooves in the earth. Above them are two metal buckets made of steel for holding corn seed. Rot...

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3. McCormick-Deering Seeder/Wagon - Wagon

   McCormick-Deering seeder/wagon. Large wooden seeder wagon has four large 14-spoke wooden wheels with iron band metal tires. The two back wheels are larger than the front. Wooden body was once painted green while wooden back plate above bed at back to which trapezoid shaped iron hopper is mounted is painted red. Back end of bed below hopper is hinged to fold down. There are two metal gears below hopper attached to shaft that is connected to a...

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4. Oliver One-row Planter - Seeder, Centrifugal

   Single-row Single-horse-drawn Corn Seeder is made of wood and metal. Large canister indicates that this seeder was used for planting corn or other plants with large seeds. Seeder has unpainted wooden arms attached near hand-holds by a wooden dowel and metal rod, both painted red. Large red steel canister holds seeds and has a rotor at base that spins to distribute them. This and all other mechanisms are made of green-painted iron. There is a...

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5. Seeder - Seeder, Centrifugal

   Seeder is in pieces. Steel or iron parts attached to wooden unfinished handles include a wheel, rod and brackets. Large metal front wheel is not attached. No basket to hold seed is present. An aluminum metal corner bracket extends most of the length of the right handle.

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6. Seeder - Seeder, Centrifugal

   Wooden seeder, painted green, with an eight-spoke iron metal wheel. Flat body with wood handles that extend entire length to center of wheel and are supported by wooden cross pieces. Two wooden legs extend down from handles. An embossed metal gauge for adjusting seed size is mounted to wooden piece just right of wheel. A newer piece of wood has been screwed to front in back of the wheel to support seeder leaning on its side.

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7. Van Brunt Five-disk Drill - Drill, Disk

   Van Brunt five-disk drill. This 5-row seeder has a large wooden hopper with metal sides and is painted red with yellow lettering "VB" on ends. Seeds go in the hopper and the painted green iron lever inside is marked with measurements for oats, barley, wheat and peas to adjust size of holes for allowing seeds through. The five iron metal disks dig trenches and a metal chain, attached to the large spoked yellow painted wheel in front, turns to r...

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8. Walking Single-row Corn Seeder - Seeder, Centrifugal

   Walking single-row corn seeder has red painted trapezoid-shaped bucket for holding corn seed at top center. Bucket has a tin metal flap at top back. Arms and bar in front of seeder are solid wood. Bucket attached with flat iron bars. A curved metal piece extends down to the ground from just in front of the bucket and is used to make a trough for the seeds to go in. Single wheel is made from a solid piece of wood with an iron plate at its cen...

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