[AT] plows

Skip Cleveland skipcleveland at bellsouth.net
Wed Nov 26 19:06:48 PST 2008


Less drag due to less friction.
Skip
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hall" <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] plows


> I've seen pictures but have never been able to figure out what the slat
> moldboards were for. Any ideas?
>
> John Hall
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bruce Moden" <brucemoden at yahoo.com>
> To: "AT Tractor Antique Tractor" <AT at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 8:36 PM
> Subject: [AT] plows
>
>
> Someone out there asked about the types of plows.
> I just found my grandfather's book on- The Operation, Care and Repair of
> Farm Machinery-
> thirteenth edition- published by John Deere=
> there is no date of printing, but much of the equipment is horse drawn, 
> the
> tractors shown as John Deere's are "the General Purpose Tractor" to handle 
> a
> four-horse load, and a
> "Standard type" to handle a two-horse load (looks like an LA).
> This book lists 6 plow styles: Prairie breaker, Stubble bottom, General
> purpose bottom, Slat moldboard bottom, Black-land bottom, & deep tillage
> bottom.
>
> Bruce
>
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