Name/TitleBarrow Drill
About this objectA barrow broadcast drill used by the donor's family from the early to mid 19th century to the 1960s. The seed was placed in the box and dispensed by the brushes. It is a broadcast machine, scattering the seed on the surface, not a drill which deposits it in the ground. Another form has cups instead of brushes. This example has 21 rotating bristle brushes operating over circular plates. The brushes would rotate and perforate to adjust the flow of seed, and the brush spindle rotated by cogs on the wheel of the barrow.
Medium and Materials8 spokes: Ash
Wheel and Cogs: Iron
Brushes: Bristle
Inscription and MarksStamped on the box: R. HUNT & CO
ENGINEERS
EARLS COLNE
MeasurementsBox: 12 feet long x 6 x 7 inches across lid.
Front 4 inches deep
Circular plates: 2 1/2 inches diameter
Barrow: 5 feet long including shafts: 2 feet 2 inches
Width between shafts: 2 feet
Width at axle: 1 foot
Wheel diameter: 2 feet 5 inches
Object numberSTMEA:A.3400
Copyright Licence
Attribution - Non-commercial (cc)
