Seed planting machine

Claim 1

IN A MACHINE FOR PLANTING SEEDS IN A FURROW IN THE GROUND, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING: A PORTABLE TANK HAVING OPPOSED SIDE WALLS AND CONTAINING A LIQUID WITH SEEDS THEREIN; AN AGITATOR MOUNTED IN SAID TANK INCLUDING MOVABLE PADDLE MEANS ARRANGED TO EXTEND SUBSTANTIALLY BETWEEN SAID OPPOSED TANK WALLS AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF OPENINGS OF A SIZE PERMITTING SAID SEEDS TO PASS THERETHROUGH; MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID MOVABLE PADDLE MEANS TO AGITATE SAID LIQUID TO MAINTAIN SAID SEEDS IN A STATE OF SUSPENSION THEREIN, SAID PADDLE OPENINGS PERMITTING THE UNIFORM DISPERSION OF SAID SEEDS THROUGHOUT THE TANK; A DISCHARGE TUBE COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID TANK AND POSITIONABLE IN ALIGNMENT WITH A FURROW IN THE GROUND; AND MEANS FOR OPENING AND CLOSING SAID DISCHARGE TUBE TO PERMIT SAID SEED-CONTAINING LIQUID TO FLOW BY GRAVITY FROM SAID TANK.