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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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
Seed drills plant shallow. Normally the ground is fielded once or twice, then seeds drilled. This 12 foot Fallbrook survivor may have been built in the 1950s. Seed Drill at Fallbrook Historical Society Heritage Center. For more information on Seed Drills, see the Wikipedia article.
Jethro Tull and his Seed Drill. He is important because he introduced ideas that others went on to develop. In 1701, he invented a horse-powered seed drill that planted seeds at the same depth in straight lines. This wasted less seeds and allowed farmers to manage their crops more easily.
