Mechanization in 1801, displacing the centuries-old hand method of making individual sheets of paper. One of the first mechanical devices used in agriculture was the seed drill invented by Jethro Tull around 1700. The seed drill allowed more uniform spacing of seed and planting depth than hand methods, increasing yields and saving valuable seed. Mechanized agriculture greatly increased in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries with horse drawn reapers and horse powered threshing machines. By the late nineteenth century steam power was applied to threshing and steam tractors appeared. Internal combustion began being used for tractors in the early twentieth
Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill mile in the air went big Jim Goff. "[Chorus]" Next time payday comes around Jim Goff was short one buck he found "What for?" asked he, then this reply "You were docked for the time you were up in the sky." "[Chorus]" </poem> A verse sung by The Easy Riders circa 1956 runs: <poem> The boss was a fine man down to the ground And he married a lady six foot round She baked good bread and she baked it well But she baked that bread just as hard as hell </poem> Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill "Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill"