Historical information
Used on the Tainton orchard in the Canterbury Road. Forest Hill.
Physical description
Horse drawn, chain operated, hand guided planter which forms farrow, plants beans and firms down trench. fertiliser attachment missing.
Inscriptions & markings
'Sunshine'
Subjects
References
- Reference pp48-40 'Old Farm Machinery in Australia' - Historical Society Ref.|A one horse, one row, walking seed drill with fertiliser attachment, open type press wheel.|Could be used as a potato planter.|The corb drill was invented in America. The fist successful one developed around 1860. Prior to 1930 maize was sown as food for horses and pigs. Popular in NSW for a variety of Field crops
