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Plough

A plough or plow (US) (both pronounced /plaʊ/) is a farm tool for loosening or turning soil before sowing seed or planting. Ploughs were traditionally drawn by oxen and horses but modern ploughs are drawn by tractors. A plough may have a wooden, iron or steel frame with a blade attached to cut and loosen the soil. It has been fundamental to farming for…

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Specialist ploughs

Effects of mould-board ploughing

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related to Further reading · 47
Plough → Ancient WorldSteven Stoll, Antiquarian Society, ASAE, Baldwin, Bray, Buchele, China, Chronology, Civilization, Dumfriesshire, Early Medieval Ploughing, Economic History Review, Francesca, Galloway Natural History, Harbinger, Hill, Industrial Revolution, JSTOR, Kucharski, Larding
related to Etymology · 24
Plough → AD, Dutch, English, Europe, Germanic, Gothic, Hist, In, Italic, Latin, Nat, Old English, Old High German, Old Norse, Pflug, Pliny, Raetic, Roman, Romanian, Slavic
related to Ard · 17
Plough → Banawali, BC, BCE, Because, Celtic, Egyptian, Fertile Crescent, However, In, India, Indus Valley Civilisation, Kalibangan, Mesopotamia, Nile Delta, Northern Europe, Some, The
has effect · 15
Plough → Alternatives, Contour, Europe, Historian William, It, McNeill, Mould-board, Northern Europe, Over-ploughing, Ploughing, Soil, These, Thus, Typically, Use
related to Depictions · 15
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related to Heavy ploughs · 15
Plough → AD, BC, Before, By, Chinese, Europe, Han, Holland, In, Several, Song, The, These, This, V-shaped
related to Balance plough · 13
Plough → Eastern Prussia, English, European, Fisken, Fowler, However, In Europe, Instead, John Fowler, Kemna, One, The, When
related to Improved designs · 13
Plough → Age, Also, Because, England, Enlightenment, It, Joseph Foljambe, Major, Northern European, Rotherham, The, Too, Unlike
see also · 13
Plough → AfricaSnowplow, Agriculture, Agronomy, Ard, Area, Device, Manual, Mechanism, Mouldboard, Rail, Simple, Train-mounted, Victory Plough
related to Chisel plough · 11
Plough → Basically, Chisel, Each, However, Its, Such, The, This, Thus, Unlike, When

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soil ploughs used ploughing mould furrow share land board needed surface iron citation tractor one heavy bottom side use mould-board

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Ploughis acommon tool for deep tillage0.90text
Ploughis aheavy-duty field cultivator intended to operate at depths from 15 cm0.90text
Ploughis aslanted plough0.90text
rocks hidden below soil surfaceinstance ofThe re-set mechanism allows each body to move rearward and upward to pass without damage over obstacles0.80text
the three-shared ploughinstance ofSeveral advancements0.80text
the plough-and-sow implementinstance ofSeveral advancements0.80text
and the harrow were developed subsequentlyinstance ofSeveral advancements0.80text
potatoes or scallions grown buried in ridges of soilinstance ofit is recommended for crops like groundnut after the use of a tractor.Ridging ploughA ridging plough is used for crops0.80text
using a technique called ridging or hillinginstance ofit is recommended for crops like groundnut after the use of a tractor.Ridging ploughA ridging plough is used for crops0.80text
potatoes or scallions grown buried in ridges of soilinstance ofRidging ploughA ridging plough is used for crops0.80text
using a technique called ridging or hillinginstance ofRidging ploughA ridging plough is used for crops0.80text
Ploughhas effectMould-board0.60section

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