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Seed drills of earlier centuries included single-tube seed drills in Sumer and multi-tube seed drills in China, [1] and later a seed drill in 1701 by Jethro Tull that was influential in the growth of farming technology in recent centuries. Even for a century after Tull, hand-sowing of grain remained common.
Tull's Seed drill (Horse-hoeing husbandry, 4th edition, 1762 [9]) Tull invented some machinery for the purpose of carrying out his system of drill husbandry, about 1733. His first invention was a drill-plough to sow wheat and turnip seed in drills, three rows at a time.
No-till farming (also known as zero tillage or direct drilling) is an agricultural technique for growing crops or pasture without disturbing the soil through tillage.No-till farming decreases the amount of soil erosion tillage causes in certain soils, especially in sandy and dry soils on sloping terrain.
Grain drills are most often drawn by tractors, but can also be pulled by horses. Pickup trucks are sometimes used, since little draft is required. A seed rate of about 100 kg of seed per hectare (2 bushels per acre) is typical, though rates vary considerably depending on crop species, soil conditions, and farmer's preference.
Chinese mobile animal drawn seed drill, published by Song Yingxing in the Tiangong Kaiwu encyclopedia of 1637.. Louche (traditional Chinese: 耬車; simplified Chinese: 耧车; pinyin: lóuche; lit. 'drill sowing vehicle') was a mobile animal-drawn agricultural seed drill invented by the Chinese agronomist Zhao Guo, a Han official in charge of agricultural production during the reign of Han ...
A cotton picker at work. The first successful models were introduced in the mid-1940s and each could do the work of 50 hand pickers. Mechanised agriculture or agricultural mechanization is the use of machinery and equipment, ranging from simple and basic hand tools to more sophisticated, motorized equipment and machinery, to perform agricultural operations. [1]
The production program includes soil tillage implements, seed drills, mineral fertilizer spreaders and crop protection sprayers. Amazone is a specialist for “Intelligent crop production” in agriculture. In addition Amazone produces implements for park and green maintenance and winter application. [6]
Jethro Tull, improved the seed drill in 1701. 1701: Seed drill improved by Jethro Tull (1674–1741). 18th century: of the horse-drawn hoe and scarifier by Jethro Tull [2] [3] [4] 1780s: Selective breeding and artificial selection pioneered by Robert Bakewell (1725–1795). [5] 1842: Superphosphate or chemical fertilizer developed by John ...