(under subclass 100) Apparatus manipulated and directly controlled by the exertion of muscle power by the operator to perform the needful planting operation.
(1) Note. This subclass does not include hand propelled machines wherein the cycle of operations is performed without hand control other than the propulsion of the machine.
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82, for hand propelled, single row seed planting implements and see (1) Note above.
92, for similar devices for forming a depression and depositing material in the earth.
99, for hand devices which merely form a depression in the soil.
101, for manually-operated excavating transplanters.