Plough Team
David Shepherd
Plough Team.
Signed Limited Edition
Image Size:- 15.5" x 9"
Published 1980
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A plough or plow is a farm tool for loosening or turning the soil before sowing seed or planting.
Ploughs were traditionally drawn by oxen and horses, but in modern farms are drawn by tractors.
A plough may have a wooden, iron or steel frame, with a blade attached to cut and loosen the soil.
Ploughs were initially powered by humans, but the use of farm animals was considerably more efficient.
The earliest animals worked were oxen. Later, horses and mules were used in many areas.
With the industrial revolution came the possibility of steam engines to pull ploughs.
These in turn were superseded by internal-combustion-powered tractors in the early 20th century.
Use of the traditional plough has decreased in some areas threatened by soil damage and erosion.
Used instead is shallower ploughing or other less-invasive conservation tillage.
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