Single-Bottom Two-Way Plow
Posted by: 
brwhiz
N 39° 53.195 W 087° 18.246
16S E 473999 N 4415213
This piece of Old Agricultural Equipment is on display in an improvised quasi-museum called Patton's Corner along a well-traveled route used by tourists to visit the covered bridges for which Parke County is famous.
Waymark Code: WMHHD9
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 07/11/2013
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A local farmer, probably with the last name of Patton, has become a magnet for all of the old agricultural implements and tools that other farmers in the area want to clear off their land. So he has improvised this display for passing tourists to stop and view.
The two-way plow was a tremendous innovation in terms of improving efficiency when plowing a field. After completing a pass with the plow, instead of having to return to the starting point at the opposite end of the field in order to turn the soil in the same direction, the farmer could merely switch to the plow that turned soil in the opposite direction as he proceeded to make the next pass in the opposite direction.