Chisel Plowing

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image

Title

Chisel Plowing

Coverage / Year

c. 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

16 History
15 Economics
13 Science, Technology and Society

Author or Creator

McLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill.

Other Contributors

Walters, William D, Jr., 1942-

Source

ISBN 0-943788-15-3 (1997)
The Heart of the Cornbelt: An Illustrated History of Corn Farming in McLean County,' by William D. Walters Jr.

Subject / Keywords

Plows
Plowing
Chisels & mallets
McLean County, Illinois

Collection Publisher

McLean County Museum of History

Rights Management Statement

http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm
For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project.

Resource Identifier

IL MCLEAN AGR WAL - Figure 8:3, p. 111
mch0353

Date Created

7-18-00

Resource Type	image
Title	Chisel Plowing
Coverage / Year	c. 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	16 History 15 Economics 13 Science, Technology and Society
Author or Creator	McLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill.
Other Contributors	Walters, William D, Jr., 1942-
Source	ISBN 0-943788-15-3 (1997) The Heart of the Cornbelt: An Illustrated History of Corn Farming in McLean County,' by William D. Walters Jr.
Subject / Keywords	Plows Plowing Chisels & mallets McLean County, Illinois
Collection Publisher	McLean County Museum of History
Rights Management Statement	http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project.
Resource Identifier	IL MCLEAN AGR WAL - Figure 8:3, p. 111 mch0353
Date Created	7-18-00

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