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  2. The Monday After: Plowing through decades of the past - AOL

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    The plow, with the only marking appearing to be a serial number, looks "similar to" the Pennsylvania plow, said Ossler. But, it has no "B&G" embossed on it. "I'm hoping somebody can identify it.

  3. Tractor, timber and agricultural machinery in the Soviet Union

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    1928 - started production of tractor plows. In 1928, the country produced 1,300 tractors 1930 - commissioned in 1930 Stalingrad Tractor Factory design capacity of 144 tractors a day. Since that time, the Soviet Union began the mass production of tractors. At "Communard" started production of the first Soviet harvesters.

  4. List of obsolete technology - Wikipedia

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    Obsolete technology Replacement Still used for Bathing machine: No longer required due to changing social standards of morality Hourglass: Clock: Tasks where a fixed amount of time can be measured with a low-tech solution: Exposure time tracker in saunas (where electronics might be damaged by the heat or ultraviolet light); retro kitchen timers, board games, other short-term timers.

  5. Agricultural machinery - Wikipedia

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    There are many types of such equipment, from hand tools and power tools to tractors and the farm implements that they tow or operate. Machinery is used in both organic and nonorganic farming. Especially since the advent of mechanised agriculture , agricultural machinery is an indispensable part of how the world is fed.

  6. Technology life cycle - Wikipedia

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    The technology life cycle (TLC) describes the commercial gain of a product through the expense of research and development phase, and the financial return during its "vital life". Some technologies, such as steel, paper or cement manufacturing, have a long lifespan (with minor variations in technology incorporated with time) while in other ...

  7. Snow removal - Wikipedia

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    Others may hire a contractor with a plow bearing truck or a shovel. [8] After a large snowfall, businessmen with plow trucks often drive through cities offering to plow for money. Removing ice is more difficult. Snow blowers are usually ineffective at clearing ice. Picks are sometimes used, but a solid spade can break through most ice. There is ...

  8. Wedge plow - Wikipedia

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    The wedge plow or Bucker plow was first developed by railroad companies to clear snow in the American West. The wedge plow forces snow to the sides of the tracks and therefore requires a large amount of force due to the compression of snow. The wedge plow is still in use today in combination with the high-maintenance rotary snowplow.

  9. Cultivator - Wikipedia

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    Small tilling equipment, used in small gardens such as household gardens and small commercial gardens, can provide both primary and secondary tillage. For example, a rotary tiller does both the "plowing" and the "harrowing", preparing a smooth, loose seedbed. It does not provide the row-wise weed control that cultivator teeth would.