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What Was This Used For? - piece of farm equipmentCan someone tell me what was used for? I am thinking it may have been used when setting out plants and a specific amount of water was used per transplant!

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August 6, 20190 found this helpful

It definitely looks like some kind of water dispenser

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August 6, 20190 found this helpful

If you scroll down to near the end on this link, you will see that most likely this is an old single-wheeled water barrow sprayer.

www.vhgmc.co.uk/.../

What a neat find!!

If you are going to sell it, it will be a challenge to find a comparable to help you value it (at least where I am there aren't too many of these around).

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If you want to sell, talk to a good antique dealer in your town and get the owner's opinion on value where you are. It would be a really neat statement piece for a garden or porch!!

Thanks for sharing it!

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August 6, 20190 found this helpful

It looks like a waterer for the garden that was built by a creative farmer.

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August 6, 20190 found this helpful

This was used years ago for water out in the fields,used for drinking when there were not any plumbing near by for thirsty workers.

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August 7, 20190 found this helpful

I am not sure that I would agree with that theory based a couple a things. Before the Artic cooler, water was put in wooden barrels with lid that hinged at half way. Wood would keep the water cooler as compared to metal.

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Also the water was dispensed from the bottom. I know that you can not see that from the picture and I apologize for that not being mentioned.

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August 7, 20190 found this helpful

I just dont think that is the right answer! For one thing I did work in the fields and used wooden barrels for water. The barrel had a hinged top to keep the dirt out and wood kept the water cooler than the metal tank. We hung a metal dipper on the side of the barrel. The other thing is that the water from the tank came out of the bottom.

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August 27, 20190 found this helpful

This is an interesting item.
Since it appears it was made from an old hand plow, a metal barrel and a hand pump it actually could have been used for something specific the farmer needed at the time.

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I do believe it had something to do with water but since it is all put together probably using items on hand at the time, it would be difficult to know exactly what it was used for.

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