| In the 1730s, Jethro Tull, who had pioneered the use of horse-drawn seed drills, also advocated the use of the horse-drawn hoe.
Richard Garrett of Leiston patented the one that was to set the standard for years to come. (See Suffolk's Industrialists, in Made in Suffolk, for more of Garrett's innovations.) Hoeing by hand continued into the 20 th century, however, and was heartily disliked as one of the loneliest jobs on the farm.
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