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That New World farmers reused as a seed planting device. That advantageous equal spacing eventually led to mechanization of harvest equipment.
We learned in school of Jethro Tull’s seed drill, invented 1725, I read. This, it seems used a belt to convey grain from hopper to furrow. I am fortunate that the Museum of English Rural Life is close to my home, in Berkshire, where Tull was born. My late friend, Don Gill, a very skilled craftsman made a model, which is there.