PHOTO no 1 - ploughing match

Posted by David in Wales on September 26, 2006 at 13:17:46 from (86.140.241.224):

Hi Gang;
This is the English built Fordson N tractor from the 1940 era. Still has wide fenders but the top supports are now pressed steel, and the fronts cut away to save steel in wartime. The Fordson N accounted for 95% of all tractors on use in Britain during WW2.
The plough is a Ransomes fitted with extra long mold boards (bodies) which produce the "oat seed furrow" which is shallow & narrow and set up to a pointed top - the guy is hold one of the "boats" which are steel towed by a chain to form & press the furrow into the ^ shape. The furrows would be 8 inches wide & 4 inches deep. The reason for leaving the furrows with 2 sides exposed is that the frost can break down the soil over winter to assist making a seedbed in the spring.
Cheers David

Replies:

• Re: PHOTO no 1 - ploughing match J Schwiebert 19:31:59 09/26/06 (0)
• Re: PHOTO no 1 - ploughing match W4 16:47:05 09/26/06 (0)
• Re: PHOTO no 1 - ploughing match supercjt 14:19:14 09/26/06 (0)
• Re: PHOTO no 1 - ploughing match Dave2n 13:32:34 09/26/06 (0)

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