What was the impact of the plow?

Answer 1

Metal tools lasted longer and worked better, and the growing of crops was improved by the idea of an ox-lead plow fitted with an iron tip on the end. Later, a tool was put on the plow that looks like a funnel to make seeding easier.

Mechanical improvements of regular wooden plows started in the mid-1600's with little iron tips connected to the wood using strips of leather. In 1797, another blacksmith, Charles Newbold, created the cast-iron moldboard plow.

In the 1830's, a man by the name of JOHN DEERe (an American blacksmith), improved the plow and built it with steel instead of wood.

By the late 1800's, steam powered machines were used more and more rather than using animal-drawn plows and grain-harvesting machines. Steel plows helped farmers because they didn't have to stop and clean the dirt out of their plows.