(under subclass 14) Apparatus including a specific means to change the compaction or arrangement of, and thereby the capillarity of soil areas down to a preselected depth along a path which includes and is wider than the width of the furrow formed by the opening means.
(1) Note. Included herein are devices which break up soil (i.e., crust) which lies in and to the side of the path of the opener and also devices which form a mulched surface wider than the furrow and which follow the depositing device.