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Item	Parts from an 1880s farm implement have been converted to make a bin for magazines, potatoes, yarn, pine cones, rolls of toilet tissue, what have you, or add it to the garden as a planter.  Add a glass top for a patio end table.  The farm implement was a seed drill manufactured by the Superior Company of Springfield, Ohio (see below). The end plates were used on various widths of seed drill boxes.  We added the short wood panels used here.
Composition	Painted wood and ornamental iron
Age	1890s
Size	29.5" long x 15" high x 12.5" wide x 35 lbs
The Superior double force-feed seed drill promoted on the cast end plates was patented in 1882.  The Superior Company began in 1867 as Ferrell, Ludrow & Rodgers.  By 1903 it was acquired by the American Seeding Machine Company that in 1929 became part of Oliver Farm Equipment, and in 1960 part of White Motor Corporation.  All contributing to today's AGCO seeding products.  The Superior drill was produced until at least 1918.  We do not know when they stopped using the cast end panels.  Superior seed drills were painted fire engine red originally so if you want more authenticity, pick up a can of red spray paint and go for it. Prior to the invention of drills, seeds were distributed in a broadcast manner, the way you might re-seed your lawn.  More precise sowing increased crop yields by up to 800%.
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