the six o 39 clock position the cam element 36 exerts radial pressure on the inner ends of the pistons 38 and forces the pistons outwardly through the apertures 40 to engage and crush the cell 42 of a cell pack 48 longitudinally extending there below to force the seed to the individual cell 42 downwardly through the bottom base layer 48 to be deposited in a seed delivery tube 46 of a seed planting mechanism thus a belt element is used to deliver seed to the delivery or drop tube while described as part of a metering system any belt element 48 or other seed metering mechanism may be used to deliver seed to the drop tube 46 without falling outside the scope of this invention a belt lowering system 50 is mounted to the planter after the metering system 16 the belt lowering system 50 includes a plurality of idler rolls 52 and a driven roll 54 a continuous belt 56 having flights 58 is positioned around rolls 52 and 54 the rolls 52 and 54 are positioned such that the belt 56 transitions from a generally horizontal portion adjacent the outlet 60 of the metering device to a generally vertical portion or any orientation of belt geometry to deliver seed that extends to within a few inches of a planting furrow 62 guide members 64 are positioned on both sides of at least a portion of the belt 56 in spaced parallel relation the guide members 64 include a.