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Title
Chisel Plowing
Coverage-Year
1990~
Description
A 45 Cat Challenger pulls a Landall plow in a cornfield early in the season.
Interpretation
This type of chisel plowing breaks up the soil and the previous year's remaining dead cornstalks at the beginning of a farming year on a till farm.
Inscription
Chisel plowing through "trash" from last year's crop often begins the farming year on today's minimum till farms. A 4 Cat Challenger pulls a Landall plow. (Ann Charback)
Lesson Plans / Themes
How we learn about communities
Learning Standards
  • 13 Science, Technology and Society
  • 15 Economics
  • 16 History
Author or Creator
McLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill.  
Other Contributors
Walters, William D, Jr., 1942-  
Resource Type
Still image
Source
  • The Heart of the Cornbelt: An Illustrated History of Corn Farming in McLean County,' by William D. Walters Jr.
  • ISBN 0-943788-15-3 (1997)
Subject / Keywords
  • McLean County, Illinois  
  • Chisels & mallets  
  • Plowing  
  • Plows  
Collection Publisher
McLean County Museum of History
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Resource Identifier
  • mch0353
  • IL MCLEAN AGR WAL - Figure 8:3, p. 111
Collection Title
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)  
Collection
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
TitleChisel Plowing
Coverage-Year1990~
DescriptionA 45 Cat Challenger pulls a Landall plow in a cornfield early in the season.
InterpretationThis type of chisel plowing breaks up the soil and the previous year's remaining dead cornstalks at the beginning of a farming year on a till farm.
InscriptionChisel plowing through "trash" from last year's crop often begins the farming year on today's minimum till farms. A 4 Cat Challenger pulls a Landall plow. (Ann Charback)
Lesson Plans / ThemesHow we learn about communities
Learning Standards
  • 13 Science, Technology and Society
  • 15 Economics
  • 16 History
Author or CreatorMcLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill.  
Other ContributorsWalters, William D, Jr., 1942-  
Resource TypeStill image
Source
  • The Heart of the Cornbelt: An Illustrated History of Corn Farming in McLean County,' by William D. Walters Jr.
  • ISBN 0-943788-15-3 (1997)
Subject / Keywords
  • McLean County, Illinois  
  • Chisels & mallets  
  • Plowing  
  • Plows  
Collection PublisherMcLean County Museum of History
Rights StatementCopyright Not Evaluated
Resource Identifier
  • mch0353
  • IL MCLEAN AGR WAL - Figure 8:3, p. 111
Collection TitleTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)  
CollectionTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)

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