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Topic: Meeker Harrow

Posted By: Ken in Texas
Subject: Meeker Harrow
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2018 at 11:49pm

The most Seedbed Preparation Friendly tool we had on the vegetable farm when I was a kid growing up. How many of you know what a Meeker Harrow is?. Ours almost looked home made with a wood frame. Made to pull with a horse but we used our Orange 39 AC B.

Every market gardener just South and Southwest of our Chicago Farm had one. The onion set growers in and around South Holland Il needed a smooth flat well prepared seedbed. The Meeker Harrow was the answer.

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Posted By: Walker
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2018 at 1:30am

Wife is obsessed with grass growing up through the gravel in the driveway. Last summer she brought something home that was like two 6x6's on a steel frame with 6 or 8 inch pointed spikes sticking out of them in rows. Pretty good shape for as old as it is. I don't know if its a Meeker but looks like it ought to be in the running.

Posted By: SteveMaskey(MO)
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2018 at 6:19am

Does any one have a picture of a Meeker Harrow? I would like to see what they look like

Posted By: Gary
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2018 at 6:20am

Link to pictures of a Meeker Harrow

https://www.google.com/search?q=picture+of+meeker+harrow&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=K0PFFua22C_RzM%253A%252Cd_AwtuisjvogEM%252C_&usg=__ZbjCwGLYtStOM_iZk6O_1zaShlU%3D&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjF8bHwk_3YAhVMuFMKHbFxBUEQ9QEIKTAA#imgrc=K0PFFua22C_RzM:" rel="nofollow - https://www.google.com/search?q=picture+of+meeker+harrow&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=K0PFFua22C_RzM%253A%252Cd_AwtuisjvogEM%252C_&usg=__ZbjCwGLYtStOM_iZk6O_1zaShlU%3D&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjF8bHwk_3YAhVMuFMKHbFxBUEQ9QEIKTAA#imgrc=K0PFFua22C_RzM:

Posted By: SteveMaskey(MO)
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2018 at 6:28am

Thanks Gary, I had never seen one before

Posted By: Ken in Texas
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2018 at 7:50am

The picture of the Red Meeker harrow in Gary's link looked like ours . We stored it standing on edge against the wall in the implement shed. Only got it out for spring planting time.. The frame was wood about 8'x8' Square . The flat disks were about 8" in diameter . Front rows spaced 6" apart. Back rows 3". Really did a great job as it was intended to do.

Small seed like carrots and onions made good soil contact in well prepared seedbeds. We sowed with Planet Jr Push seeders. I still have the 3 our farm had 75 years ago. 2 of the 3 are complete and in near mint original condition after 75 years of use. Still use them to sow about a acre of Peas Southern ,Sweetcorn and Green Beans. Fine seed like turnips and greens . There is a seed plate for everything. from mustard to lima bean seed.

Posted By: orangereborn
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2018 at 11:02am

100 years later, they put a heavy metal frame around it, charged tens of thousands of $'s more and called it vertical till.....Dale

Posted By: johnkc
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2018 at 3:55pm

Ken,what size/number planters are those?

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Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2018 at 4:38pm

So are those discs just perfectly flat then, for breaking things down to smaller size?

Posted By: Allis dave
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2018 at 6:52am

It's a vintage Vertical Tillage tool!! LOL