Planting – Drilling and broadcasting – Main and auxiliary frame machines
Patent
1978-12-26
1980-12-23
Burr, Edgar S.
Planting
Drilling and broadcasting
Main and auxiliary frame machines
47 13, A01C 100, A01G 704
Patent
active
042403650
ABSTRACT:
Planting apparatus including a supporting frame adapted to be connected to a tractor or similar vehicle; a seed hopper mounted on the supporting frame for containing a supply of seeds, and seed metering mechanism spaced beneath the discharge outlet of the seed hopper for controlling the movement of the seeds discharged from the hopper on the ground. A magnetic seed treating device is disposed in the path of seeds discharged from the hopper for causing the seeds to pass through a magnetic field to magnetically treat the seeds as the seeds are planted.
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Burr Edgar S.
Dickey-john Corporation
Feyrer James R.
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