Old grain drill W/ wood box
Feb 28, 2017 11:40:54 #
Feb 28, 2017 13:31:42 #
Is this not a 'row planter', originally pulled by horse or tractor? Used to precisely plant corn seed into evenly spaced rows for eventual mechanical harvest.
Mar 1, 2017 08:27:42 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
Is this not a 'row planter', originally pulled by horse or tractor? Used to precisely plant corn seed into evenly spaced rows for eventual mechanical harvest.
Some times row planters are called seed drills or grain drills. Technically it depends on the actual mechanism used to insert the seed into the ground.
Mar 1, 2017 10:42:50 #
alby
Loc: very eastern pa.
corn further apart... until recently... behind my house this year corn was planted one set of rows about 6 inches apart next set of rows about 24 inches then 6 then 24.... went this way all across field.... new to me. two row going into picker in each set.. i never saw this before. more plants per acre.
Mar 1, 2017 18:48:26 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
Is this not a 'row planter', originally pulled by horse or tractor? Used to precisely plant corn seed into evenly spaced rows for eventual mechanical harvest.
This would have been used to plant grains or grasses sometimes beans or peas as well. This was a free flow of seed through a variable opening which combined with ground speed determined plant populations. Corn planters of that time had a rotating plate mechanism to deliver a specific number of seeds to a given area Later corn planters still used that type mechanism to ensure seed delivery and prevent overcrowding of the plants. Modern corn varieties are planted at much greater densities but the seeds are still not allowed to free flow.
Mar 2, 2017 00:41:43 #
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