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Mouldboard Plough
FOUR FURROW
- Type
- Object
- Prefix
- RT
- Primary group
- RURAL INDUSTRY
- Secondary group
- Agriculture-cultivation
- Accession year
- 1965
- Condition
- Poor
- How obtained
- Donated
- Item history
- This plough was used for planting potatoes, a box was fitted onto the plough in front of the seat, filled with potatoes and a fellow would drop one potato at a time down the schute one at a time as the plough moved along, the mouldboard on thr next furrow would then cover each potato. The rows would be 4 furrows or about 3 feet (90cm)