mouldboard

- The mouldboard is the other main part of the plow which turns over the earth previously cut by the courter and the share.

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It is to the frog that the mouldboard and the share are attached.

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Once they are very wet, they stick to the mouldboard and make the work difficult.

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Fig. 3.22: The furrow slice is cut by the courter and by the share and turned over by the mouldboard.

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From the first three years 'results it would appear that, in the dry region, tied ridging will meet the criterion of equal or improved yield levels compared to mouldboard ploughing only if existing management practices, in particular with respect to timely planting and first weeding, are improved.

1. Indigenous soil and water conservation in Africa. 1992

During the early stages of project formulation, three main treatments were selected for investigation, namely: mouldboard ploughing, ripping into bare ground and no-till tied ridging.

1. Indigenous soil and water conservation in Africa. 1992

The green manures were incorporated in situ 60 DE by a tractor-mounted rototiller and by a power tiller-drawn mouldboard plough in

1. Green manure crops in irrigated and rainfed lowland rice-based cropping systems in south Asia. 1992

At the same time, 9,6 t/ha/yr were lost from the fields ploughed with the mouldboard plough.

1. Indigenous soil and water conservation in Africa. 1992

A major factor causing soil erosion in Zimbabwe is clean tillage involving the mouldboard plough which is often used too late (after the onset of the rainy season) and/or done too shallow (approx. 125 mm) because of a general lack of (suitable) draught animals.

1. Indigenous soil and water conservation in Africa. 1992

Problems are encountered with the rapid abrasion of some parts of the mouldboard plow.

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