[AJD] How deep to plow?

[Louis R Godena]

Hi Dean, and all those who responded;

You're right.  My dearest friends have convinced me that only an abject and
complete jackass would drive around with a plow stuck 18" in the ground.  In
my own defense though; it really set those .45 cast pistons pretty well in
the '48 B (this was the first real pulling job since the overhaul).  Also,
the soil that was coming up was pretty black (save for that around the
woodchuck's nest), so it wasn't a total loss.   Much of the winter rye I
planted was consumed by crows, I think,  but I had fun trying.

Thanks for all the helpful comments,

Louis G
----- Original Message -----
From: Dean VP <deanvp at att.net>
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Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 6:26 PM
Subject: RE: [AJD] How deep to plow?


> Lois:
>
> That is a little deeper than farmers plow. But in the garden if you were
> still bringing up black dirt you are probably ok. Typically one only plows
> 8" to 10" deep but not deeper than the good top soil. Don't want to bring
> the bad soil to the top.
>
> In my wife's garden the first time I plowed I probably got 18" deep too.
But
> there wasn't any good soil. Now after a few turns at plowing, rototilling
> and much horse manure it is probably good top soil 18" deep.
>
> Dean A. Van Peursem
> Snohomish, WA 98290
>
> I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
> storeroom door
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
> Louis R Godena
> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 3:28 PM
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> Subject: [AJD] How deep to plow?
>
> Hi folks;
>
> It's been awhile since I last wrote, so sort of touching base.  Anyway,
last
> weekend was doing some fall plowing of my garden and an adjacent buckwheat
> field (about 2 acres) with a 1926 JD model 41 14" plow and my overhauled
48
> B.  I seemed to be listing precariously toward the furrow and, when I
> measured how deep that furrow wall was, I discovered it was 18+ inches.
> That's sort of deep isn't it, or is it just my imagination?  Anyone
> routinely plow deeper than that?
>
> Louis G
>
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