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This seed fiddle is a wooden box with metal rotating wheel and cane bow. The box is painted red and the side is inscribed: 'THE AERO //BROADCAST // SEED SOWER// DLK'. The object was used for sowing seeds by casting with rotating wheel powered by hand. It was used by the owner to sow grass seeds especially in the 1940s.

1 seed fiddle: wood, metal, paint, cane, leather

Museum Object Entry Form – ‘Museum Name: MUSEUM OF ENGLISH RURAL LIFE // Received from: J Greenfield // Address: // Tel No: // Owner (if different): // Address: // Tel No: // Description of Object/Collection: Seed drill / Seed Fiddle Drill - simple but effective. Aero Seed broadcaster. Replaced by lack of cattle - don't need grazing ground. Red with limited damage and rust. From sale (acquired). Had a reputation for sowing seed and grass seed in particular. An effective piece of equipment when used properly - could sew 30 acres in a day. Used a lot between the age of 20 and 30 years (c.1945) // Reason for Entry: Donation // Additional Agreement (Donations/Sales Only): // Museum Signatory: R Davies 17th Feb 2016// Return of Object to Owner: ‘, Email, Phillippa Heath to MERL, 24 November 2017 - Attached are the seed fiddle photos re James Greenfield's seed fiddle (or as he called it his fiddle drill). He used it to sow grass seed in particular and it was an effective piece of equipment when used properly. It could sow 30 acres in a day. Jim used it in particular when he was in his 20s or 30s (from the 1940s).

Wood, Metal, Leather, Plant fibre, rattan