What is the traditional tool used for sowing seeds?

In farming, the sowing of seeds is the act of planting them in the soil.  The soil needs to be broken up and aerated, the seed needs to be deposited in the loose soil, and then the seed needs to be covered with the loose soil.  In the era of modern agriculture, there are mechanized tools such as seed drills that can plant multiple seeds at once at precise depths and distances over and over again.  Seed drills are pulled behind tractors to cover large fields.  But the traditional hand tool used for sowing seeds is a hoe.  A hoe is a flat metal blade at the end of a wooden pole that a farmer can use to till the soil and then redistribute the soil to cover the seed after sowing.  This tool is still used by home gardeners and family farmers around the world.