antique planter

JD7700C*

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Does anyone have any information on this piece. I think it is very rare. Having a hard time finding anything on this. I don"t know the name, color, model.... I appreciate any help on this.

Thanks.
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It is of the 'lister' type of planter. Look for casting logos on the cast parts. the 'brand' may be stamped on the main beam. Then if you can ,loosten a place or two somewhere on a undisturbed place.Often original paint is 'hideing. in those places
 
Thanks for the information. I will let my brother know. Is lister a type of planter or a make/model? He has heard something about lister but not clear. Are these rare?

Thank you again
 
'Lister' is a 'type' of plow and farming practice more common in dry areas- and planter is attached to the Lister plow. The front plow is a double toss to side or 'Bull toung' instead of single side throw 'Moldboard'. The idea is to make a furrow with 2 sides raised and plant in middle so seed is deeper in ground, closer to any moisture. Rain will wash from sides into center and provide more moisture to seed row in center, help sprouting and initial growth especially as noted in drier, under 24 inch per year average rainfall. Mid season cultivation practice in old days had the side cultivated in on second or third pass to cover the shallow corn roots and knock out weeds- corn ended up with a extra 2 inches of ground/dirt 'mulch' around main stem and the otherwise secondary top roots covered did a little better sucking up water. Alternate fallow years and lister plow/plant was/is common in Missouri Cateaou(sic?) - high plateau region west of Missouri river Nebraska to North Dakota, sometimes used in sandy ground in other areas. Your example seems a one horse or 2 small mule pattern used prior to WW1 and up to WW22 in some area of south, midwest for corn and soybeans and for some garden users other places for various seeds. upper end of seed hopper may be missing, some were small and open so operator could see what was left and any jams. Could check with Amish if nearby and see if they know what it is by make, model, year--and don't be surprised if someone in the congregation is still using one. RN. .
 
That is neat. Can the seed spacing be changed, or is it direct drive off the spike wheels?

Clues would be

the cast handles.

The beam - big hunk of iron.

The seed plate and seed mechanism inside the hopper.

Often the name or logo was featured on the cover for the seed can, but looks like that is gone.

These parts likely were used on different models or machines made by the same company. If you can find that design on another machine, you can get the maker.

The seed plate especially, should have a number on it, as they had different spacings for different size seed, and were most likely to be numbered. And the little Gismo the seed passes through to be spit out, might look familiar to others by the same maker for several decades, and be a clue.

I did a quick search on google for 'walk behind lister planter' and similar, click on the picture search. Saw a lot of stuff, didnt see any clues, but it only spent 5 minutes. See if you can find that cast handle design, or that spiked metering wheel.

Paul
 
Lister is a way of planting by plowing the dry ground away and planting into some moist ground a little deeper in the ground.

So it was more likely made/ sold in Nebraska or Kansas, than in a wet eastern or northern state like Minnesota or Illinois.

Up here in the wet cold ground of Minnesota we might have a runner plow, which has strap iron creating the shallow V to drop the seed in, but those were gladly abandoned for the disk openers most commonly used today.

You have about doubled the number of lister planters I've seen now, they are not used in wet areas of the country.....

Paul
 
Every farmer I ever met in NE Kans had a lister, WITHOUT the planter. Dad said that they had one for the JD lister I remembered but he likely junked it when I was very young, as likely most farmers did, and used the lister for planting and lifting potatoes.
Listing corn wasn't done when I was around. Im thinking that it as a product of the dusty 30s. once rain returned farmers quite listing corn.
 

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