Seed Drill - Creston, BC
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N 49° 06.340 W 116° 31.318
11U E 534890 N 5439312
One of the large array of farm implements in their collection, this seed drill is on display in a long equipment shed at the south end of the Creston Museum.
Waymark Code: WMKEG5
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 03/31/2014
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This seed drill, or press drill, as they came to be known, is the smallest we've seen to date. Apparently designed to be horse drawn, its first patent date was 1900, and the last, 1910. This basic design was a good one, as it remained essentially unchanged for many decades. As a farmer in my younger years, I dragged a 12 foot model of almost identical design around and around fields for a few years.
This model appears to have the rows spaced at about 8 inches, wider than the norm of 6 inches, making it a four foot model. The seed box is wood, the frame is all steel and there is no fertilizer box.
As a rule, manufacturers placed their name on the end plate of the seed box. This one is marked D, 25X with patent dates, but no maker's name. However, I believe I can read IHC on the adjustment lever of the seed gauge, meaning International Harvester Corp. made this drill.