Stearns County, Minnesota | For my recall, Van Brunt had a broadcast seeder, which was shaped like a drill and seeded the grain on the top of the ground and you had to disk it in with a disk harrow. As time went on, Van Brunt came with openers on this seeder and the openers would put the seed into the ground. The seed no longer had to be disked to cover up the seed. From that time on, that machine was called a grain drill. The Van Brunt company was later bought by John Deere Company. |
Why is a drill called a drill?
