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Seed Sowing Machine

Here at Mt. Shasta we use an eight-row seeding machine which we built in our own shop. Some features of the machine which are not shown in the drawing are as follows: 1. The front roller or row maker makes 8 rows 2-1 /2 inches wide. 2. The rubber bumper in front of the fluted seed dispensers allows sowing of almost any seed from the largest size such as sugar pine down to the smallest size such as Douglasfir. 3. The covering devices are mounted and hedged independently of each other. This allows for differences in the roughness of seed beds and will do a good job of covering the seed. 4. The amount of seed to be sown per square foot is governed by changing the gear ratio. The machine is pulled with a wheeled tractor and will sow a 400 foot bed in 20 minutes.


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Author(s): Karl B. Lanquist

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 18 (1954)