Seed drill
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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 wi
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.
Drilling the field
Chinese double-tube seed drill, published by Song Yingxing in the Tiangong Kaiwu encyclopedia of 1637
Plough
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A plough or plow is a farm tool for loosening or turning soil before sowing seed or planting. Ploughs were traditionally drawn by oxen and horses but modern ploughs are drawn by tractors. A plough may
Traditional ploughing: a farmer works the land with horses and plough
Water buffalo used for ploughing in Laos
13th century depiction of a ploughing
Ancient Egyptian ard, c. 1200 BCE. (Burial chamber of Sennedjem)