Cyclo-Planter Prototype
date: label: date made
content: ca 1966
notes: label: Description
content: The pneumatic seeder, called the cyclo-planter, is the first major innovation in planting since the invention of the seed drill in the 18th century. This cyclo-planter is the proto-type, originally owned by brothers Leo J. and Claude Loesch, is what the manufactured versions were based on, albeit with some changes.
label: Description
content: They sold their idea to International Harvester and the Cyclo Planter system was developed. It was a simple machine that would work with soybeans and other crops by changing the drum to one with different sized holes.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Agriculture and Natural Resources
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Claude and Leo J. Loesch
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.78A12
label: catalog number
content: 78A12
label: accession number
content: 1978.0387
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cyclo-Planter