Antique Tilling Plow

by Terry Davis

Title

Antique Tilling Plow

Artist

Terry Davis

Medium

Digital Art - Digital Art, Photopainting, Photography

Description

I live in the Central Valley of California which is largely agricultural. A 10 minute drive into the country has many examples of these older machines that used to help work the earth. Most are, like this plow, rusted and clearly of another era.

A plow is a tool or farm implement used in farming for initial cultivation of soil in preparation for sowing seed or planting to loosen or turn the soil. Ploughs were traditionally drawn by working animals such as horses or cattle, but in modern times are drawn by tractors. A plough may be made of wood, iron, or steel frame with an attached blade or stick used to cut the earth. It has been a basic instrument for most of recorded history, although written references to the plough do not appear in English until c. 1100 at which point it is referenced frequently. The plough represents one of the major advances in agriculture.

The primary purpose of ploughing is to turn over the upper layer of the soil, bringing fresh nutrients to the surface, while burying weeds and the remains of previous crops and allowing them to break down. As the plough is drawn through the soil it creates long trenches of fertile soil called furrows. In modern use, a plowed field is typically left to dry out, and is then harrowed before planting. Plowing and cultivating a soil homogenizes and modifies the upper layer of soil to form a plow layer. In many soils, the majority of fine plant feeder roots can be found in the topsoil or plow layer.

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The ABC group 06/29/20

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September 14th, 2016

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