Farm Machinery As Art
Lime or Fertilizer Spreader
This machine was made sometime before 1900, its make is unknown but it was used on the Lamport/Coleman farm, in the Village of Hobart. Although farmers used manure as a fertilizer on all their fields, it is low in phosphate and phosphate is needed to help release the manure’s nutrients to the soil. Super Phosphate
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SingleHorse Walk-Behind Cultivator, c. 1900
This type of machine was made by numerous companies through the USA and Europe. It was used to keep the dirt between the rows of plants free of weeds. Some horses were clever enough to follow the row by themselves, others would have to be led by one man (or boy) and another man would
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‘2 Side’ Plow
This horse drawn plow (1875-1900) is called a ‘2 Side’ plow because the farmer could flip the blade of the plow to the opposite side of the plow frame at the end of each row and plow back to the other end of the field. This was also called the ‘Hillside Plow’ because of this
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Potato or Shovel Plow
This one horse plow has two main functions. First, it can plow a furrow or ditch in which potatoes or other plants can be placed and then it can be drawn between the rows to cover the rows. Later, it can again be drawn between the rows to hill up the potatoes, asparagus or whatever
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NBT Bank, Formerly the Hobart Bank
The site where the National Bank and Trust Company of Norwich building now stands (built in 1959) was the location for the Charles Ives’ summer home and livery. The gracious Victorian house was demolished when the bank was built. The Hobart Presbyterian Church occupied part of the lot where the bank’s parking area is now
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