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BACK FURROW [1 record]

Record 1 2002-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farming Techniques
  • Tillage Operations (Agriculture)
DEF

The ridge of soil resulting when a furrow slice is lapped over the first furrow slice when starting the plowing operations.

CONT

When a bottom (of a moldboard plow) turns the soil, throwing to one side a ribbon of soil that is called the furrow slice. When plowing is started in the middle of a strip of land, a furrow is plowed across the field; on the return trip, a furrow slice is lapped over the first slice. This leaves a slightly higher ridge than the second, third, and other slices. The ridge is called a back furrow.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques agricoles
  • Travaux du sol (Agriculture)
DEF

Petite élévation rectiligne, constituée par les deux bandes de terre qu'une charrue, munie d'un seul corps de pièces travaillantes, retourne et appuie l'une contre l'autre en un aller et retour; la terre de l'axe de l'ados reste en place.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Técnicas agrícolas
  • Labores de cultivo (Agricultura)
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