Seed drill China, and later a seed drill by Jethro Tull that was influential in the growth of farming technology in recent centuries. Even for a century after Tull, hand sowing of grain remained common. In older methods of planting, a field is initially prepared with a plow to a series of linear cuts known as "furrows". The field is then seeded by throwing the seeds over the field, a method known as "manual broadcasting". The seeds may not be sown to the right depth nor the proper distance from one another. Seeds that land in the furrows have better protection from
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) to prevent Drake's completion of a disastrous personal agenda. "Enterprise" (NCC-1701-A) was already under construction at the time of its predecessor's arrival at Star base Yorktown. Following the destruction of its predecessor, its crew was reassigned to the NCC-1701-A after its completion. A new design for "Enterprise" NCC-1701-A appears in "Star Trek Beyond", designed by Sean Hargreaves. Hargreaves, who also designed the swarm ships and USS "Franklin" for the film, stated that he was given the brief to "beef up the neck and arms" on the Ryan Church design, but went further to give the ship echoes of Matt Jeffries'