Agricultural implement

Claim 1

AN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT FOR PREPARING SEED BEDS ARRANGED IN ELONGATED ROWS COMPRISING A FRAME ADAPTED FOR EARTH TRAVERSING MOVEMENT IN A PREDETERMINED FORWARD DIRECTION OF TRAVEL LONGITUDINALLY ALONG SUCH ROWS; AN ELONGATED INVERTED TROUGH-SHAPED BED FORMING MEMBER MOUNTED ON THE FRAME PROVIDING A FORWARDLY OPENING FUNNEL PORTION AND A REARWARD PORTION PROVIDING A CONSTRICTED PASSAGE LONGITUDINALLY ALIGNED WITH SAID ROWS AND INDIVIDUALLY ENGAGING THE ROWS IN SUPPORTING RELATION TO THE FRAME DURING SAID MOVEMENT THEREOF, SAID BED FORMING MEMBER PROVIDING AN UPPER OPENING BETWEEN SAID FUNNEL PORTION AND SAID REARWARD PORTION; A NOZZLE MOUNTED ON THE FRAME ADAPTED FOR CONNECTION TO A SOURCE OF FLOWABLE SOIL TREATING MATERIAL FOR DISCHARGE THROUGH SAID OPENING AGAINST THE SEED BED; A SOIL MULCHING WHEEL ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON THE FRAME WITHIN THE BED FORMING MEMBER REARWARDLY OF SAID UPPER OPENING HAVING A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY EXTENDED BLADES IN EARTH PENETRATING RELATION TO THE ROWS TO INSURE INTERMIXING AND SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE ABSORPTION OF SAID SOIL TREATING MATERIAL INTO THE SEED BED, SAID MULCHING WHEEL INCLUDING A PAIR OF TRANSVERSELY SPACED DISCS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE BLADES TO CONSTRAIN THE SOIL BEING MULCHED THEREBETWEEN; POWERED MEANS BORNE BY THE FRAME HAVING DRIVING CONNECTION TO SAID MULCHING WHEEL; AND A ROLLER ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON THE FRAME IN FOLLOWING RELATION TO SAID MULCHING WHEEL HAVING A LOWER PERIPHERY IN ROLLING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SEED BED AND DISPOSED WITHIN SAID BED FORMING MEMBER.