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Seeder
This restored seed drill is a very good piece of equipment
which could be used for work on the current farm. The seed drill
operated by using the discs you see in front to cut a furrow which
the seeds fell into at a controlled rate. Chains dragging behind
then covered the seeds over.
Here you can see the spouts which followed right behind
the discs in order to insure that the seed dropped into the channel.
The seeding rate is controlled by a series of gears that only allows
seeds to drop through from the storage boxes as each turn of the
gears is accomplished.
These settings for how to seed various kinds of grains
is cast right into the machine. There are both types of seed like
wheat or oats but also how far apart you want the seeds dropped.
Here is a view of the working parts of an older seeder.
All the wood parts have rotted away but the inner workings of the
system are fairly clear.
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