Planter parts.

[DANWV]

Hello all. It's been a couple years since I have been on here. What I have going on is this, I recently acquired the majority of a mounted planter for my 53 Cub.
From the research I have been doing I believe I have the combination hopper drive. I also have the fertilizer attachment as well. The parts I am missing are the important ones. The combination hopper and the fertilizer hopper.
How do I tell if I have a 172 or a 174 model?
I would like to get this planter operational and maybe plant some corn one of these days.

[CapeCodCubs]

Hey...there is a manual section with info on the planters on this site.

You can find both hoppers on eBay or folks might have them here.

What are you planting? Do you have seed plates?

[DANWV]

Well I am wanting to try to plant some heirloom corn. It's called "Bloody Butcher".
I live in WV and I have been interested in old grist mills for some time now, especially those in WV.
Last spring I was down in the southern part of the state on a weekend getaway visiting a couple of these old mills, and I got the pleasure of meeting the owner on "Reeds Mill" in Second creek WV. Feller's name is Larry Mustain and the mill has been in his family for over a hundred years and it is the oldest continually operating mill in the US. Over 200 years. Larry and his family have been growing the same strain of Bloody Butcher corn for over a hundred years on their family farm.
Larry is well into his golden years and cannot keep the mill going and the corn raised. I guess his family like most others today choose not to farm or raise crops. I had a great visit with Larry and it kind of inspired me to want to keep this strain going.

I am 50 years old and things like this are for some reason becoming more important to me that they be preserved for future generations. Like me I kinda hope at least one person will appreciate the importance of heirloom/non GMO crops like this. I am opening a small batch distillery in my home town and I thought this would be a great crop to make some shine out of for it's organic heritage and the story of it's origin.
I have been doing a lot of reading and I know I have a lot of learning to do on the subject of growing heirloom/organic grains.
Larry has been grinding the corn the last couple of years on smaller electric powered mills as his mill needs some major work on the turbine that once powered it and the mill race needs a lot of attention as well. There was once over 20 different mills on Second Creek. Sawmills and grist mills mostly. Kills me that places like this cannot get funding to preserve it's history and it's importance to the area. It has been added to the WV historical preservation society so maybe Larry can get some help. It is 4 hours away from me.

The 1953 Cub I have belonged to my grandfather and he bought it new. He got several attachments with it but not the planter.
I am slowly gaining pieces of farm equipment as I go. Everything I have is old but it still works.
I have the 53 Cub,
A 50 Farmall C,
and last spring I bought a 69 544 rowcrop narrow front. Biggest tractor I have ever owned.
I am not a farmer by any means and do not claim to be, at least not yet. The ground I am planning on working is right beside my home and it was at one time in my family. I hope to purchase it someday and it would be back where it belongs.
This is my thinking anyway. Whether it works out........well, I guess we will just have to see.

[DANWV]

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Here is a picture of the hopper mount and drive that I have.

[tst]

the drive unit you have is for the duplex hopper, they are not very common, seed plates are not easy to find for one either and did not have many choices of seed plates, you may want to consider a combination or Richmond hopper as the plates are common and they are easier to come by, you would need a different drive unit

[DANWV]

tst,
You are right on the Duplex hopper. I said I had the combination hopper for some reason. I have found one or two duplex hoppers for sale but they are kinda pricey.

[liquid plumber]

hello Liquid Plumber here.Is there any way to get some of that corn seed ? is it for sweet corn , non gmo is something that would be great up here in Mn. thanks, Chris