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98/12
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Description
This seed fiddle is complete with bow, string, bag and strap. The red stain is in good order and the pattern of black lines is visible. There is also the inscription: 'THE AERO //BROADCAST // SEED SOWER// DLK'. The object was used for sowing seeds by casting with rotating wheel powered by hand.
Physical description
1 seed fiddle: wood; metal; sack; very good conditionInscribed in black lettering on side of implement 'The Aero Reg'd Broadcast Seed Sower, D. L. K.'.
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN>4. <B>Seed fiddle</B><P>The seed fiddle was an improved method of broadcasting seed that was developed in America in the second half of the nineteenth century. By moving a bow at the front of the device backwards and forwards, seed dropped onto a spinning disc and was scattered evenly forwards in a wide arc. A British version of the seed fiddle, 'The Aero', was made in Scotland into the 1950s and found favour especially on small farms for broadcasting grass and clover seed.<P>98/12</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV><DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN>2. <B>Seed fiddle</B><P>The seed fiddle was an improved method of broadcasting seed that was developed in America in the second half of the nineteenth century. By moving a bow at the front of the device backwards and forwards, seed dropped onto a spinning disc and was scattered evenly forwards in a wide arc. A British version of the seed fiddle, 'The Aero', was made in Scotland into the 1950s and found favour especially on small farms for broadcasting grass and clover seed.<P>98/12</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
Archival history
MERL Miscellaneous note-Georgia Charitou-7 November 2014- This scythe formed part of the collection of items once in the possession of George Arthur Squires (1912-1990). George Arthur Squires was a small holder/ poultry farmer at Haddiscoe, Norfolk. He was a journalist who wrote on povetry matters and also for the East Anglian magazine.
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