Abstract: Improvements in flexibility for wide swath agricultural implements having hinged wing frame sections to enable the implement to be folded compactly for transport and also to better follow ground contours are provided by dividing at least one of the sections into side-by-side subsections which are pivotally interconnected for relative movement about a transverse axis. Thus, relative flexing between adjacent frame portions can take place about hinge axes parallel to travel direction while relative flexing between adjacent wing sections of the frame can take place about transverse axes. Preferably the pivotal interconnections are located to divide the frame into portions of equal width and the pivotal interconnections are reinforced by link means which connect the adjacent portions to resist bending movements about a vertical axis at the interconnection while still permitting the hinged sections to be folded.

Abstract: A seeding boot for use with a cultivator shank and utilized for delivering particulate material such as seed, fertilizer, chemicals or the like to soil prepared by a soil working tool comprises a soil deflector which defines a surface for deflecting soil over the seeds deposited on the prepared soil, and thereafter allows the soil to cover the seeds, and a diffusing member matingly engageable with the soil deflecting member for diffusing the seeds or the like into substantially parallel rows and includes a downstream portion which abuts against the inner surface of the soil deflecting member and an upper surface portion separated from the lower surface portion by a predetermined dimension so that together with the soil deflecting member will define an interior cavity through which the particulate matter will be directed, a portion of the upper surface being biased so as to receive various sizes of seed conduits and to increase the versatility of use of the seeding boot.