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It is catalogued under topics including 1700s introductions, 1701 beginnings and Agricultural machinery.
Its subject is documented across 37 Wikipedia language editions.
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Filling a feed-box of a seed drill, Canterbury Agricultural College farm, 1948 A seed drill is filled with grass seeds. Ystad in Sweden 2025. A seed drill is a device used in agriculture that sows seeds for crops by positioning them in the soil and burying them to a specific depth while being dragged by a tractor. This ensures that seeds will be distributed evenly.
The seed drill sows the seeds at the proper seeding rate and depth, ensuring that the seeds are covered by soil. This saves them from being eaten by birds and animals, or being dried up due to exposure to the sun. With seed drill machines, seeds are distributed in rows; this allows plants to get sufficient sunlight and nutrients from the soil.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “seed drill” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.