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HARROW PLOW [3 records]

Record 1 2005-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Implements and Gardening Tools
  • Tillage Operations (Agriculture)
CONT

Perhaps the most important farm implement used by the early settlers was the animal drawn plough. It was used to dig the soil and make it softer and better for the crops to grow. Most ploughs were pulled by teams of horses or oxen and were equipped with a ploughshare for cutting a furrow, a blade or coulter for forming the walls of the furrow and a mould board to shape the furrow.

CONT

Plow and harrow the field which was previously planted with annual crops. If cultivation is needed, a tractor or an animal-drawn plow can be used.

Key term(s)
  • animal drawn plow

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage agricole et horticole
  • Travaux du sol (Agriculture)
CONT

La généralisation de la plantation des ceps en lignes espacées dans les terrains peu accidentés a favorisé l'introduction de la charrue à traction animale à partir du milieu du 19ème siècle. Elle s'est ainsi substituée à la bêche pour retourner le sol.

Spanish

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Record 2 1990-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cultivating and Tilling Equipment
OBS

e. g. flex gang plow or harrow

French

Domaine(s)
  • Motoculteurs et motobineuses
OBS

p. ex. charrue, herse à éléments articulés.

Spanish

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Record 3 1990-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Implements and Gardening Tools
OBS

e. g. mounted plow, harrow

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage agricole et horticole
DEF

En motoculture, se dit d'un outil qui n'a pas, en principe, de point de contact avec le sol et dont le poids repose intégralement sur le tracteur, auquel il est lié notamment par l'intermédiaire d'un attelage «trois points».

OBS

Si un outil prend appui sur le sol par un quelconque de ses organes ou par une ou deux roues arrière et s'il est maintenu dans sa partie antérieure par la barre d'attelage du tracteur ou par l'attelage «trois points», on dit alors qu'il est semi-porté.

Spanish

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