Model of a sowing machine

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This model sowing machine for turnips and bone-dust was made in 1830 by a Mr Hamilton of Dumfriesshire.

One of a collection of agricultural models and implements, etc. - sowing machine - a sowing machine for turnips and bone-dust by Mr Hamilton, Dumfriesshire, 1830

The machine was designed to sow drills of turnip seed mixed with ground-up bones, the fashionable and preferred fertiliser in the second quarter of the 19th century.

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• Online ID: 000-100-044-072-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  T.1857.159.48
• Date: 1830
  
• Material: Specimen / agricultural model / agricultural implement / sowing
  
• Dimensions: 150 mm H x 300 mm L x 220 mm W (approx)
  
• What: Specimen / agricultural model / agricultural implement / sowing
  
• Subject: Agriculture, Sowing (Departmental Classification)
  
• Who: Mr Hamilton, Dumfriesshire (Maker)
  
• Where: Scotland, Dumfriesshire
  
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