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Looks identical to one pictured in 1895 Montgomery Ward reproduction catalog. Triumph Corn Planter Kent's Triumph Hand Corn Planter; can be used on sod or plowed ground. Weight 4 ½ lbs. Price each $0.75.
GW or MW comments or net search: Push in row, open 3 kernels would drop. A hill of corn planted. One of the most successful of the nineteenth-century implement manufacturers was the A. C.Kent Company. Arthur C. Kent, a local distiller, invented the Kent Triumph hand corn
planter, which he patented and began manufacturing in 1872. Kent and his partner, FrankLawrence, built their manufacturing plant at 266 N. Main St. By 1879, the firm, known as Kentand Lawrence, was producing 6,000-7,000 corn planters annually. Around 1883, Kent reorganizedthe firm as the A. C. Kent Company and expanded its product line to include fanning mills,
clothes wringers, and pulleys. The firm employed approximately 25 workers and produced$40,000 worth of goods annually that were sold throughout the United States and in other countries. The A. C. Kent Company continued to operate until Kent died around 1910