You Farmers may know the answer to help identify this?

[Janderso]

My wife and I were out enjoying the 73 degree sunshine yesterday.
I stumbled upon this old farm implement.
It appears to be an automated seed planting device.

How old is it?
Manufacturer?

Thanks for your help

 

[frankly2]

Apparently an old seeder, hard to tell with all the weeds obscuring he view !

 

[mmcmdl]

Yard Art !

 

[Manual Mac]

Yes, i’m with frankly2 and mmcmdl, an old seeder now posing as yard art.
this is ours, it originally had wooden handles, was Armstrong operated, & the smaller wheel covered the seed.
Even has a rudimentary gearbox to drop seed at different intervals.
Jeff, the one in your pic looks to be a larger version & I suspect was horse-drawn.
Both very old.

 

[MikeWi]

It's a seeder all right. Missing a lot of parts, but still recognizable. Used to have one.

 

[Nutfarmer]

Old corn planter. Are the river pictures the Feather River? Both the Sacramento and Feather are up due to the rains we have had.

 

[Janderso]

Yes, i’m with frankly2 and mmcmdl, an old seeder now posing as yard art.
this is ours, it originally had wooden handles, was Armstrong operated, & the smaller wheel covered the seed.
Even has a rudimentary gearbox to drop seed at different intervals.
Jeff, the one in your pic looks to be a larger version & I suspect was horse-drawn.
Both very old.

Very cool. Thank you!!

 

[Janderso]

Old corn planter. Are the river pictures the Feather River? Both the Sacramento and Feather are up due to the rains we have had.

This is on the Sacramento.
Corn planter. Awesome.