1. Modern Farming — 2023-10-09 23:44:30

   …roved technique == A hole for the seed would be made at a proper depth. The seed would be dropped in. The hole would be covered over by a harrow (a trailing bar), which gathered soil and evenly deposi…
   …ted it over the seeds. The machine, horse or ox drawn would then move to the next position and seed again. {{Image url="SeedInDrills.jpg" class="left" title="Seed In Drills" width="300" }} Jethro Tull is given the distinction of creating the mo…
   …dern seed drill and changing the course of agriculture for all time. Planting with Jethro Tull’s seed drill invention improved germination fivefold. Tull correctly theorized that plants should be more widely spaced and th…
   …signs are the father to the modern day hoe and many other tractor and agriculture equipment. == Plough == {{Image url="Seed_drill.jpg" class="right" }} Jethro Tull’s inventive influence in the plough (plow in old English) can still be seen t…

2. Linoleum — 2020-08-17 08:43:03

   …iration == Walton was born in Halifax [[Yorkshire]]. In 1855, Walton noticed a rubbery, flexible skin of solidified linseed oil had formed on a can of oil-based paint. He was impressed at how strong this skin was and wondered if might be usefu…

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