New Ground Plow - Blackwater, MO
Posted by: YoSam.
N 38° 58.822 W 092° 59.463
15S E 500775 N 4314598
Just standing on the corner watching all the girls go by...
Waymark Code: WM1251Q
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 02/29/2020
Views: 2
County of plow: Cooper County
Location of plow: Trigg St. & Main St., Blackwater
This particular plow is missing the wooden parts. The hold handles and harness hitch. Very rusted, and sitting with a bird path and horse hitch on the street corner.
This plow is a one horse plow.
From a Marker at another site:
NEW GROUND PLOW
New ground plows, such as this one equipped with coulters, named after the man who designed them, were locally called new ground plows. Coulters were designed as fin coulters and rolling coulters. Both types were effective where roots and brush were a problem. This plow has both types of coulters.
"John Deere, 1804 - 1886, patented the steel breaking plow in 1827. He was an excellent blacksmith who fashioned a moldboard out of an old circular saw. Soon moldboards were modified to accommodate different soil types. Mr. Deere opened a factory in Moline, Illinois, where in 1875 he produced the first sulky plow. This was a riding version with wheels. Thus the 1837 version soon became known as "the walking plow." The plows displayed in this room represent several Nineteenth Century models that were used locally under different conditions. The main components of a walking low are moldboard, landslide, share, beam, and adjusting clevis." ~ Doniphan Neighborhood Assistance Program