PLOW, SEEDER

Description: KIRCHNER PLOW SEEDER, A 6 ROW UNIT, 6 SHOVELS, 4 MOULD BOARDS. SEEDBOX C/W FLUTED FEED SEED METERING AND A FEED RATE LEVER AND PLATE. A RIDING PLOW DESIGNED FOR HORSES.

History: DONOR IMMIGRATED TO CANADA, ARRIVING IN 1926 IN WINNIPEG. IN SPRING OF 1927 MOVED TO COALDALE AREA AND BEGAN FARMING. PLOW SHIPPED IN SPRING OF 1927 VIA C.P.R. FROM STANDARD IMPORTING & SALES CO. OF WINNIPEG. PLOW IS IDENTIFIED AS AN "ABER SEEDER PLOW." *UPDATE* IN 2024 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT TESS MCNAUGHTON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ITEMS STORED IN OFFSITE STORAGE. FURTHER RESEARCH INTO DONOR AND NEXT OF KIND REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FROM, “A PILGRIM’S JOURNEY” BY DONOR’S PRESUMED BROTHER JOHN B. TOEWS. “I WAS BORN IN COALDALE, ALBERTA, IN 1934, THE YOUNGEST CHILD OF ABRAHAM AND HELENA (JANZ) TOEWS. MY PARENTS EMIGRATED FROM UKRAINE IN 1926 AND AFTER A SHORT STAY IN WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, PURCHASED AN IRRIGATION FARM IN THE COALDALE DISTRICT TOGETHER WITH OTHER RELATIVES…THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT AGE GAP BETWEEN MY SIBLINGS AND MYSELF…FATHER WAS A PRACTICAL HANDS-ON FARMER, COPING WITH A LARGE FARM MORTGAGE AND TRAVEL DEBT DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION. BY AGE ELEVEN I WAS FULLY QUALIFIED FARMALL A TRACTOR DRIVER, PULLING AN OLD BINDER INTENDED FOR HORSES. THE ANIMALS WOULD REFUSE TO PULL WHEN THE MACHINE WAS UNABLE TO COPE WITH THE HEAVY CROPS ON OUR IRRIGATION FARM.” EFFORTS TO CONTACT NEXT OF KIN WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF PRESUMED OBIT.