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(Encyclopedia)plow or plough, agricultural implement used to cut furrows in and turn up the soil, preparing it for planting. The plow is generally considered the most important tillage tool. Its beginnings in the B...disk plow
(Encyclopedia)disk plow or disk, farm implement employing a row or rows of concave circular steel disks that cut and pitch the soil in a way somewhat similar to a moldboard plow. It can be used in many situations w...lister
(Encyclopedia)lister: see plow.middlebuster
(Encyclopedia)middlebuster: see plow.moldboard
(Encyclopedia)moldboard: see plow.colter
(Encyclopedia)colter: see plow.plough
(Encyclopedia)plough: see plow.share, in agriculture
(Encyclopedia)share, in agriculture: see plow.Deere, John
(Encyclopedia)Deere, John, 1804–86, American industrialist, manufacturer of agricultural implements, b. Rutland, Vt. He was one of the pioneers of the steel plow industry. A blacksmith by trade, he established (1...hoe
(Encyclopedia)hoe, usually a flat blade, variously shaped, set in a long wooden handle and used primarily for weeding and for loosening the soil. It was the first distinctly agricultural implement. The earliest hoe...Browse by Subject
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