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Agriculture

The practice of cultivating soil, crops, and livestock and the preparation or marketing of those products.The practice of cultivating soil, crops, and livestock and the preparation or marketing of those products.

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trip beam plough

Agriculture; Tillage equipment

A plough with a latch or trip mechanism which permits the body to swing back to ride over an obstruction.

vertical disc plough

Agriculture; Tillage equipment

A plough which combines the principles of the disc plough and the disc harrow and used for shallow working in soil.

vineyard plough

Agriculture; Tillage equipment

A plough specially designed to perform not only ploughing operation but also the earthing up and similar operations in vineyards.

walking plough

Agriculture; Tillage equipment

A plough in which balancing and controlling is done by the operator while walking behind it.

winch plough

Agriculture; Tillage equipment

A plough having two wheels of unequal diameter permitting intermittent ploughing, the paths of work being in the direction of winch.

wooden plough

Agriculture; Tillage equipment

An indigenous implement made mainly of wood and used for cutting and breaking the soil with bar like share. It is a also known as ikshi plough.

concavity

Agriculture; Tillage equipment

The depth measured at the lowest point at the centre of the disc by placing its concave side on a flat surface.