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A seed dispenser for discharging a volume of seeds primarily from the top of the volume thereby avoiding seed binding and causing uniform discharge thereof, comprising:

• (a) an elongated handle member having upper and lower ends;
• (b) a seed distributing means pivotally connected to said lower end of said handle for rotation about a generally transverse horizontal axis relative to said handle, said distributing means being comprised of a pair of opposed annular vertically disposed discs each having inner and outer sidewalls annularly arranged about the axis of said disc and extending transversely toward said opposing disc, said inner and outer sidewalls of each of said disc being constructed and arranged to engage said inner and outer sidewalls of said opposing discs, respectively, in telescoping relation;
• (c) said inner and outer sidewalls of each said opposing disc defines a channel therebetween, said inner and outer sidewalls being comprised of a plurality of spaced annularly arranged arcuate flanges having leading and trailing edges and being constructed and arranged to cooperatively create adjustable openings in said inner and outer sidewalls between said flanges for seed discharge when the inner and outer sidewalls of one of said opposing discs engages said other opposing disc in telescopic relation, said seed distributing means being constructed and arranged to hold such a volume or seeds within the confines or said inner sidewalls or said discs when said discs are telescopically engaged, said cooperatively adjustable relationship between said inner and outer sidewalls constituting a means for discharging such a volume of seeds from primarily the top portion of the seeds contained within the confines of said inner sidewalls of said discs through said openings in said inner sidewalls which are adjacent to the top level of the seeds contained therein into said channel between said inner and outer sidewalls as said discs rotate, and thereafter cause the seeds thereby dispensed from the confines of said inner sidewalls to be engaged by said outer sidewalls and directed through said openings in said outer sidewalls uniformly at a point adjacent to the lowermost point of travel of said openings in said outer sidewalls;
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• (d) powered drive means carried by said handle and constructed and arranged to engage and drive said distributing means in a rotational direction about its point of pivotal attachment to said lower end of said handle.