Ever farm with one of these?

Anonymous-0 · Jul 21, 2008

Can anyone give me information on this? All I know is that it was made between 1913 and 1919.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 21, 2008

Grandad didn't have one but if he did I bet we would be putting grain in a standing crop!

bradley martin · Jul 21, 2008

That is for sowing wheat or other winter grain in standing corn before the corn is harvested. My dad has one in his shed but the only thing we ever used it for was sowing a cover crop between raspberry rows in the garden. There are literally dozens of them in the ag museum at Minden Nebraska.

keh · Jul 21, 2008

Neighbor had one 50 years ago. One time he cut down the cotton stalks and planted oats in the middles.

KEH

Anonymous-0 · Jul 21, 2008

I want one!

robersw · Jul 22, 2008

I have a Cole version of that in the shop right now. It doesn't have the galvanized section It was my great-grandpa's. Dad said they always called it a vetch drill as that is what they used it for.

NEsota · Jul 22, 2008

My grandfather, circa 1872-1937, had this type drill and used it to plant soybeans between 42 inch, corn rows. This combination was used for silage. The nitrogen contributed to the soil by the beans, helped nourish the corn.

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