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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.
Jethro Tull © Tull was an agricultural pioneer and the inventor of the seed drill, a major development in the agricultural revolution. Jethro Tull was born in 1674 into a family of Berkshire...
Jethro Tull (1674 - 1741)was a pioneer in agricultural development throughout the early 1700s. He is credited with having invented the seed drill, which he perfected by 1714; a machine which...
2 wrz 2024 · 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.
Tull made early advances in planting crops with his invention of the seed drill (1701) – a mechanical seeder that sowed efficiently at the correct depth and spacing and then covered the seed so that it could grow.
19 sie 2013 · A key invention during the British Agricultural Revolution, the seed drill allowed for a semi-automated, controlled distribution and plantation of wheat seed. Designed by renowned agriculturalist Jethro Tull in 1701, the drill went on to spawn many other mechanised planters and ploughs, which many of today’s agricultural tools and vehicles ...
Jethro Tull was an English agronomist, agriculturist, writer, and inventor whose ideas helped form the basis of modern British agriculture. Tull trained for the bar, to which he was called in 1699. But for the next 10 years he chose to operate his father’s farm in Oxfordshire, on which about 1701.
