"I thought this was pretty cool. I would have liked to have seen one of these horse drawn tobacco setters in action. The picture is undated and no location is given other than "Kentucky".

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Man driving two horses and pulling two boys on a tobacco setter..."

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Louis Edward

That was probably pretty hi-tech at that time.

Mules?

My brother raised tobacco in southern WI for a couple decades. He had one of those that was converted over to be pulled by a small tractor. When he got it, the rig had the horse tongue on it and he modified it for the tractor and changed the seating so one person could set the plants.

Bryce

It looks like the first waterwheel transplanter. I am assuming that the barrel he is setting on is for watering plants like a waterwheel planter does.

That's Cool

At least the close one looks like a mule to me too.

Keith