Sowing
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Sowing is the process of planting seeds. An area that has had seeds planted in it will be described as a sowed or sown area.
Simon Bening, Labors of the Months: September, from a Flemish Book of hours (Bruges)
Men sowing seed by hand in the 1940s
Manual sowing machine
A tray used in horticulture (for sowing and taking plant cuttings)
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