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The essential elements Tull developed to address this problem were: (1) drilling, which enabled, (2) dramatically reduced seeding rates, and (3) the elimination of weeds via (4) ‘‘pulverisation,” or repeated tillage over the course of the growing season.
Jethro Tull invented the seed drill (in 1701), the horse-drawn hoe, and an improved plough. Tull was educated at Oxford, England where studied law, he later studied agriculture during his travels across Europe.
Seed Drill The horse drawn seed drill was invented by agriculturist Jethro Tull in England about 1701 to sow seeds in neat rows. In the mid 1800s, George Van Brunt developed the American model which covered the seeds before birds got to them.
The seed drill allows farmers to sow seeds in well-spaced rows at specific depths at a specific seed rate; each tube creates a hole of a specific depth, drops in one or more seeds, and covers it over.
Jethro Tull invented the seed drill in 1701 as a way to plant more efficiently. Prior to his invention, sowing seeds was done by hand, by scattering them on the ground or placing them in the ground individually, such as with bean and pea seeds.
31 gru 2010 · Eighteenth-century British gentleman farmer Jethro Tull (1674–1741) is popularly regarded as the inventor of the seed drill, widely cited by agricultural historians, soil scientists and school...
Tull’s seed drill’s invention enormously improved seed germination in British agriculture. Now the seed was more firmly rooted in the soil, was spread evenly and in an optimum way around fields, and was not exposed to the air where birds could swoop down and eat it.
