Fowler cultivator frame, with set of three spike harrows, for cable ploughing, by John Fowler & Co. of Leeds, c. 1880, with Ackerman type steering at either end. Used for carrying cultivation tools such as rollers, clod crushers etc. Later versions carried combinations of tools for 'one-pass' seed bed preparation; a system which has become popular again in the 1980's. This example used with Inventory Nos. 1985-1952,1953,1955,
Details
- Category:
- Agricultural Engineering
- Object Number:
- 1985-1954
- Measurements:
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overall: 1790 mm x 1440 mm x 5220 mm,
- type:
- frame
- credit:
- Baldock