Development of Plough or Plow
Plough A Plough or plow is one of the most important agricultural implements used to churn and break up the soil, bury crop waste, and aid in weed management. Development of Plough A plough is a farm implement used to turn or soften the soil before planting or spreading seeds. Traditional farms used oxen and horses to pull ploughs, but modern farms use tractors. A blade attached to a frame made of wood, iron, or steel ploughs cuts, and loosens the earth. It has been essential to farming for the majority of the time. Plough types Rotary Plow Curved cutting knives are mounted on a horizontal power-driven shaft on rotary ploughs. A plough primarily used for weed or seedbed control performs best when quickly moved. Sweeping widths for garden-size mowers range from 0.3 to 0.8 meters (1 to 2.5 feet); for tractor kinds, they go up to more than 3 meters (10 feet). Disc Plough In order to obtain maximum depth, disc ploughs often have three or more indep...