Seed drill
Agriculture & Food

Seed drill

Early examples in antiquity; mechanized forms from the 18th century

A seed drill meters seed into regularly spaced furrows and covers it with soil. Mechanical feed and depth control made sowing more consistent than scattering seed by hand.

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A seed drill meters seed into regularly spaced furrows and covers it with soil. Mechanical feed and depth control made sowing more consistent than scattering seed by hand.

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Image: 1902 Monitor seed drill detail.jpg
Creator: trekphiler
License: CC BY-SA 3.0

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