Plough and Its Uses | Plough Overview

Plough

Plough is one of the popular agriculture machinery from ancient time, It has reshaped the farmers’ life after use, It is used in agriculture since the beginning of the olden times. It is used to turn and break up the upper level of agriculture soil, to bury crop remains, and to aid control weeds. In ancient times the plow was made of wood and human-powered, later it became considerably efficient when animals were pressed into service. In the modern era plow is a tractor drive agriculture equipment.

Types of Plough

There are various types of plough used in agriculture as per different types of soil conditions. Few are mentioned here.

  • Disc Plough
  • Mounted Mould Board Plough
  • Reversible Manual Plough
  • Mould Board Plough
  • Reversible Mould Board Plough
  • Jumbo Fixed Mould Board Plough
  • Maxx Reversible MB Plough

Uses of Plough

There are following major use of the plough 

  • It is used for digging the agriculture soil
  • adding manure and fertilizers to the soil
  • Scraping the soil
  • To bury crop residues