Hand Corn Planter, 1863
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Beginning in the 1850s, farmers could plant corn by jabbing the metal tip of this planter into the ground. Activating the lever would drop the seeds into the hole. This device may have sped up planting, but it remained a tool for small acreage farms or planting areas missed by horse-drawn mechanical seed drills.
Beginning in the 1850s, farmers could plant corn by jabbing the metal tip of this planter into the ground. Activating the lever would drop the seeds into the hole. This device may have sped up planting, but it remained a tool for small acreage farms or planting areas missed by horse-drawn mechanical seed drills.
Artifact
Corn planter
Date Made
1863
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Illinois, Sterling
Creator Notes
Patented design by H. F. Batcheller, Sterling, Illinois

On Exhibit
at Greenfield Village in Soybean Lab Agricultural Gallery
Object ID
26.34.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Wood (Plant material)
Iron (Metal)
Dimensions
Height: 30 in
Width: 10 in
Depth: 4 in