. Soil physics and management. d seed bed. For all uses it is probably the best. TILLAGE 329 Sod plows (Fig. 138A) have long, slightly curving mold-boardsthat do the minimum amount of pulverization in turning the fur-row-slice. They are used principally inthe plowing of tough grass sods, sincethey turn the furrow-slice withoutbreaking it very much, thus leaving acomparatively smooth plowed has some advantages in the pro-duction of a seed bed, A form of the mold-board plowknown as the hillside or sivivel plowmay be reversed so that the soil mayall be thrown in one direction. The di
. Soil physics and management. d seed bed. For all uses it is probably the best. TILLAGE 329 Sod plows (Fig. 138A) have long, slightly curving mold-boardsthat do the minimum amount of pulverization in turning the fur-row-slice. They are used principally inthe plowing of tough grass sods, sincethey turn the furrow-slice withoutbreaking it very much, thus leaving acomparatively smooth plowed has some advantages in the pro-duction of a seed bed, A form of the mold-board plowknown as the hillside or sivivel plowmay be reversed so that the soil mayall be thrown in one direction. The disk plow (Fig. 141) may beused under some conditions to good advantage. If the soil is quite com- Fig. 140.—The combined jointer„i„in-j 1 Ti •! and rolling coulter is a good attach- pact and dry it may be used where it ^ent for aii plows. (MoUne Plowwould not be possible for the mold- Company.)board to do any work at all. It has this other advantage, that itdoes not tend to produce a plowpan, because the furrow-slice is.
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