Name/Title
Handheld seeders/corn plantersEntry/Object ID
100377Scope and Content
(AI) these antique agricultural tools are vintage hand-held seeders / corn planters (often referred to as jab planters).
Function: Used in the 19th and early 20th centuries to plant seeds (typically corn or beans) manually in field rows without having to bend over.
How It Works: The farmer would hold the handles and thrust the pointed bottom into the soil. Pushing the levers together opened the bill-shaped jaws in the dirt while simultaneously triggering a metering device inside the metal hopper above, dropping a precise number of seeds directly into the hole.
Key Features: Features a wooden main body, metal seed hopper canisters mounted on top, and wire/lever linkage connecting to foot/jaw mechanisms at the base.