Farm implement for seeding

Claim 1

A FARMING IMPLEMENT FOR PLANTING SEEDS INDIVIDUALLY IN A FIELD-ROW COMPRISING A FRAME ADAPTED TO MOVE ALONG SAID ROW, A FLEXIBLE SEED CARRIER BELT FORMED WITH SPACED SEED-RECEIVING HOLES DISTRIBUTED ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF, THE HOLES EXTENDING FROM ONE FACE OF THE BELT TO THE OTHER, MEANS ON THE FRAME SUPPORTING SAID BELT IN A CYCLIC PATH LYING IN AN UPSTANDING PLANE, SAID PATH INCLUDING A SEED-CARRYING RUN AND A RETURN RUN, THE SEED CARRYING RUN BEING DISPOSED TO MAINTAIN THE AXIS OF EACH HOLE IN A GENERALLY UPWARDLY DIRECTION TO RETAIN SEED THEREIN, SAID SEED CARRYING RUN INCLUDING A SEED-RECEIVING REACH, SAID SEED-CARRYING RUN FURTHER INCLUDING A SEED-DELIVERY REACH TERMINATING AT A DELIVERY DISPOSITION CLOSELY ADJACENT GROUND LEVEL, MEANS FOR GUIDING SAID BELT TO CARRY THOSE ENDS OF THE HOLES WHICH CONSTITUTE THE BOTTOM ENDS THEREOF DURING SAID SEED-CARRYING RUN TO PASS NEAREST TO THE GROUND AT SAID DELIVERY DISPOSITION TO DELIVER SEED FROM THE BOTTOM OF EACH HOLE TO THE GROUND BENEATH, SEED RETAINING MEANS UNDERLYING THE SEEDS IN SAID BELT DURING SAID SEED-RECEIVING AND SEED-DELIVERING REACHES TO RETAIN SEEDS IN SAID HOLES OF THE BELT, A CHARGING HOPPER ADAPTED TO CONTAIN SEED OVERLYING SAID RECEIVNG REACH, SAID RECEIVING REACH PASSING IN COOPERATIVE RELATION TO SAID HOPPER TO ACQUIRE SEED IN THE HOLES OF SAID BELT, SAID SEED RETAINING MEANS SERVING TO OPEN EACH HOLE SUFFICIENTLY AT SAID DELIVERY DISPOSITION TO RELEASE THE SEED TO FALL FROM THE BELT.