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  2. John Fowler (agricultural engineer) - Wikipedia

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    The design was a vast improvement on the previous one, in that the horsepower was not being expended in dragging the machine across the field, only the plough. Fowler demonstrated his new drainage plough at the Great Exhibition in 1851 [ 3 ] and at the Royal Agricultural Society of England meeting at Gloucester in 1853, where he was awarded ...

  3. Maize milling - Wikipedia

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    Following this process, milling can commence and may take several forms: The roller mill may be a single roller mill, double roller mill or pneumatic roller mill. In a complete maize milling plant, there are several roller mills that work together, they have different functions, the first mill mainly peeling the maize skin, the second and third will grind the maize into granular sizes, and ...

  4. Plough - Wikipedia

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    A plough or plow (both pronounced / p l aʊ /) is a farm tool for loosening or turning the soil before sowing seed or planting. [1] Ploughs were traditionally drawn by oxen and horses but modern ploughs are drawn by tractors. A plough may have a wooden, iron or steel frame with a blade attached to cut and loosen the soil.

  5. List of agricultural machinery - Wikipedia

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    Agricultural equipment is any kind of machinery used on a farm to help with farming.The best-known example of this kind is the tractor.. From left to right: John Deere 7800 tractor with Houle slurry trailer, Case IH combine harvester, New Holland FX 25 forage harvester with corn head.

  6. Dry milling and fractionation of grain - Wikipedia

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    The dry milling process includes a number of unique features: Physical separation (size/density) based on mass; No use of chemicals; Maximizing surface area of solids for processing; Resource pulping; Minimal water use, if any (short tempering) Note: Water is not used as a separation agent; Low capital cost; Lower separation compared to wet milling

  7. Plowshare - Wikipedia

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    Components of a simple drawn plow: 1) beam; 2) three point hitch; 3) height regulator; 4) coulter (or knife) 5) chisel 6) plowshare 7) moldboard Instrument for cleaning a plowshare used at a mill near Horažďovice, Czech Republic. In agriculture, a plowshare or ploughshare (UK; / ˈ p l aʊ ʃ ɛər /) is a component of a plow (or plough).

  8. Tillage - Wikipedia

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    Reduced tillage [note 1] leaves between 15 and 30% crop residue cover on the soil or 500 to 1000 pounds per acre (560 to 1100 kg/ha) of small grain residue during the critical erosion period. This may involve the use of a chisel plow, field cultivators, or other implements.

  9. Glossary of mill machinery - Wikipedia

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    The Tail Wheel is carried on the Windshaft in a Post Mill and drives a Stone Nut. Millstones driven by the Tail Wheel are always Overdrift stones. Trestle The Trestle is the substructure of a Post Mill, usually enclosed in a protective structure called a roundhouse, which also serves as a storage facility. Post mills without a roundhouse are ...