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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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disc plough

Agriculture; Tillage equipment

A plough the working parts of which are concave or truncated cone discs which act simultaneously as mould board and share.

framed plough

Agriculture; Tillage equipment

A plough the body ( or bodies ) of which are attached to a framed beam.

gallows plough

Agriculture; Tillage equipment

An animal-drawn plough, the end of the beam rests freely on a bolster fixed to two front wheels, which is drawn through the front wheel assembly.

gang plough

Agriculture; Tillage equipment

A riding plough with two or more bottoms.

lister plough

Agriculture; Tillage equipment

A moldboard plough with double mldboards for throwing the soil in opposite directions.

mouldboard plough

Agriculture; Tillage equipment

A plough with share and mouldboard which cuts furrow slice, lifts and inverts it.

off-set plough

Agriculture; Tillage equipment

A plough with off-set beam to work borders and headland.