Posted by Mike (WA) on March 19, 2008 at 15:59:09 from (69.10.197.246):
In Reply to: Need A Plow? posted by Allan In NE on March 19, 2008 at 12:28:22:
Rollover (two way) plows got their start in "rill" or "flood" irrigated areas. Don't know if any of you in the midwest are familiar with this, but in the Columbia Basin of eastern Washington, irrigation is from canals that follow the contour of the land, and with small pipes called "siphons", you drew water out of the canal and sent it downslope in the fields- either just over the field ("flood") or into grooves put into the field for rowcrops ("rills"). When you've got water trying to find its way downslope, a dead furrow isn't just an inconvenience, its a deal-breaker. Hence, the two way plow. Guys soon found out that even if you didn't have the irrigation imperative, it was just plain easier to start at one side of the field, and work across it, rather than laying out "lands" and such. I like the look of the plow in the picture, but would have to do some research to determine whether my Farmall C would pull it. LOL.
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