[AT] plows

John Hall jthall at worldnet.att.net
Fri Nov 28 17:41:54 PST 2008


Thanks guys. I see the point of less contact allowing the soil to roll over.

John Hall

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Moden" <brucemoden at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 10:19 PM
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> the book states:
> slatted moldboard is used in loose, sticky soils
> bruce
>
> --- On Wed, 11/26/08, John Hall <jthall at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
> From: John Hall <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
> Subject: Re: [AT] plows
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
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> Date: Wednesday, November 26, 2008, 9:24 PM
>
> 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
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>
> 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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