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Antique Farm Implement

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Ken Fenn

10-06-2003 08:00:17




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I have come across what I believe is a fully intact horse-drawn corn drill or seed drill machine. This implement has the name "Hoosier" carved into the metal seat. I believe it is a 2-row corn drill made by the Hoosier Drill Co. back in the mid-to-late 1800's, because I found a picture of it in a Hoosier Drill Co. advertisement on the internet. It is made entirely of heavy gauge steel. It has a metal seat for the driver to sit in and two large (~ 2 ft. diameter) metal wheels. It has two round corn (or seed) containers near the front and is roughly 5-6 ft long. I found this implement behind an old barn in Knoxville, TN and it has a large tree (~ 16" diameter) growing up through the frame between the wheels and the seat, so I know the implement has been sitting there a long time.

Is anyone familiar with this type of implement or does anyone know if this is something worth cutting the tree down to get the entire implement intact? Thanks for any information.

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Yankee in Tn.

10-12-2003 06:51:58




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 Re: Antique Farm Implement in reply to Ken Fenn, 10-06-2003 08:00:17  
Might be easier to partialy disasemble the machine to remove it than cut a big ole tree.



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rustyfarmall

10-06-2003 15:07:35




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 Re: Antique Farm Implement in reply to Ken Fenn, 10-06-2003 08:00:17  
I would go after it, if you can find the original paint scheme, and make it look just like new, it would be a great lawn ornament, if nothing else. Plus, you will be saving another piece of history from ending up in the recycle bin.



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paul

10-06-2003 09:41:35




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 Re: Antique Farm Implement in reply to Ken Fenn, 10-06-2003 08:00:17  
If the seat is cast iron, it could be worth $25 - 400. Some folks go nuts on those old cast seats!

The rest of the planter probably isn't worth the effort to remove from the tree, but I could be wrong. Can easily be worth the effort to you - but probably not going to make $$$ on it....

--->Paul



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