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A plow is a piece of equipment used on farms to till (turn over) the soil in preparation for planting crops. In some countries it is spelled plough.
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∙ 14y agoa wooen plow is a ancient mesopotamian tool used to make soil softer for fertile soil also use it before planting crops like barley, onions, grapes, turnups, and apples
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What are the uses of wooden plow?
What are the uses of wooden plough
Benefits from using a steel plow?
The Steel plow could break up soil without the soil sticking to it, the steel plow was better than the wooden plow because the wooden plow could not break up rich soil without breaking
What did the steel plow replace?
Overall the steel plow replaced the wooden plow, steel being alot stronger material than wood but it was unable to be shaped into a plow bottom until the 1800s.
What did the steel plow offer over wooden plow?
It took less labor to do the same work and could cut through hard ground deeper where the wooden would break or only scrape the surface.
Why was an iron plow better than a wooden plow?
Iron plows didn't break as easily, plus they lasted a lot longer.
How did the steel plow help the people?
The steel plow made farm work easier. John Deere invented it when people began moving West and the soil there was very hard for a wooden plow.
Why was John Deere important to midwestern farmers?
John Deere was the inventor of the Steel plow. This plow was self cleaning and didn't wear as fast as the iron plow or wooden plow that farmers were using during that time. The Steel plow was also much lighter in weight to the iron plow. In the midwest there was plenty of rich fertile black soil but it was under all the prairie grass that had grown over the years. The wooden plow wouldn't work because it had to be constantly cleaned in order to plow. The steel plow could plow the prairie grass under and self clean the moldboard so the farmer could continue without stopping.
What advantage did steel plows offer over wooden plows?
steel plow never broke
How was john deers plow an improvment over earlier plows?
JOHN DEERe's improved on Jothero Wood plow because he made a plow that had replaceable parts, but John Deere made a plow that he invented. His plow was a lightweight steel plow. But each plow had an heavy iron or wooden handles that was held on by slow-moving oxen's, or a horse. But they mostly used Horses back than because the Horses can get the field plowed quicklier than the slow-moving oxens.
What was used before the steel plow?
Im thinking either wood, stone or aluminum
What does conservation plowing mean exactly I'm curious about that word.?
Conservative plowing is a way of plowing the fields with wooden plough and bulls. A wooden plough is placed on the bulls backs while they plow the fields.
When was the wooden plow invented?
it was invented on 1769.i think... Uh well actually it was invented in 6000 B.C by the Sumerians.Actually it was invented in 1837
