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Nursery Seeding Machine

In an effort to reduce seeding costs and extra labor involved in rolling broadcast sown seed and covering them with sand or sawdust, we have designed a broadcast seeder combination which seems to do as good a job as any we have seen. Future modifications may improve the quality of the sowing. The rig is designed for use on an Allis-Chalmers Tractor hydraulic lift mechanism but could be easily designed to fit other types of hydraulic lifters. Essentially it consists of a frame upon which is mounted a roller made from an old water tank. In front of the roller, mounted in such a manner as to be free floating, is a Gandy Nursery Special Fertilizer Spreader and Seeder. The frame is constructed so as to permit removal of either the Gandy (if one just wants to roll an area) or the roller (if one wishes to sow fertilizer on growing stock without rolling the stock down)(figs 1-3).


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Author(s): C. Ingersoll Arnold

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 31 (1958)