The scattering of seed. The practice assumed in the Bible is that after seed of wheat and barley was scattered (broadcast) over the land it would be ploughed in (Matt. 13: 3–8).
Citation for sowing
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MLA
"sowing." In A Dictionary of the Bible. Ed. W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online. Jun 19, 2013. <http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1806>.
Chicago
"sowing." In A Dictionary of the Bible. , edited by W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online, http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1806 (accessed Jun 19, 2013).