Drill, GRAIN

A machine for sowing and covering, in one operation, the seeds of the small grains, wheat, oats, barley, etc. It consists of a series of hollow tubes shod with a cultivator-point and arranged side by side under a receptacle for the seed. A mechanism delivers the seed from the receptacle to IMG:content-1207.jpg:[blocks in formation] the tubes, through which it falls to the seed-bed prepared by the cultivator-points, and is covered by the dirt falling behind the points. Most drills have also attachments for sowing commercial fertilizers and gra seeds.