Object number
84/14
Description
Hand-operated seed drill with a lever for controlling the seed flow through the plate and a curved row marker. From NIRD in Shinfield, Reading.
A hand-operated seed drill, once painted blue, with a lever for controlling the seed flow through the plate and a curved row marker. It has solid wheels with flat rims and five round holes in each. The drill was found in a store at the National Institute for Research in Dairying (N.I.R.D.) in Shinfield, Reading.
Physical description
1 seed drill: metal
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten accession’ form (Institute of Agricultural History) – ‘Standard museum name: HAND DRILL // Accession number: 84/14 // … // Recorder: JMB // Date: 15.5.84 // Description: A hand drill that was once painted blue. The lid is missing from the seed box. It has a lever for controlling seed flow through the plate and a row marker. The wheels are solid with 5 round holes in each and flat rims. // Dimensions: Diameter front wheel: 39 cm. // Length: 163 cm. Height (handles) 75 cm // Seed Box Height: 46 cm // Associated information: There is no maker’s name or other information about this drill. // It was found in a store at N.I.R.D.’
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