Machine identification

[paulr]

Hello, Paulr here.

I have come across this machine in a shed. Photo attached.

Please could someone assist to identify it and let me know the best course of action?

[paulr]

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[sidevalve5]

Hi Paulr,

Its a bean seed planter, used for sowing larger seeds individually. Do not know the make though. Have little experience of them as I have never used or worked on one. Hope this helps.

Best wishes,

Grahame

[trusty220]

It’s difficult to tell from the picture but that does look like a Bean single row hand drill which cost £9 17s 6d in 1952. Bean was the trade name and the company that made it was called Humberside Agricultural Products located near Brough in East Yorkshire. It could be purchased without the handlebars to enable units to be mounted in multiple on a toolframe to be towed behind a tractor.

Don’t worry, I’m not that anal! I read it from Brian Bell’s book, “Fifty Years of Garden Machinery” where there is a good picture of one on page 97.

It’s well worth investing in Brian’s book; many of us have used it as a point of reference for years. Now out of print but you can sometimes buy them from well-known auction sites.

[alan]

There’s an advert and pictures in the gallery:

Bean

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