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Plow

an implement for making a furrow in land, the object being to stir the soil, make a bed for seed, cover seed , hill up earth to crops, lay out lines for planting trees or shrubs, and for other purposes, according to construction. It may be drawn either by animal, steam, or gasoline power. Plows drawn by animal power, i. e., by horses or oxen, are divided into swing plows and wheel plows, the former being without wheels. at a very early period. It has run into more than 300 varieties.

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