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John deere model 52 plow parts8/30/2023 ![]() A steady cutting/tearing accompanies other sounds as the moldboards slice through the soil. There’s something to remember about every part of the plow’s action. Regardless, all generations of farmers who have tilled the soil and planted seeds are bound together by memories of their use. Perhaps collectors are fascinated by plows because they are the first step, or make the greatest change. It’s a spiritual thing, Darnell suggests. The plow is an extension of man that allows him to turn sod into workable dirt. The plow is a simple tool that’s taken millennia to evolve, observes old-farm journalist Cecil Darnell of Mason, Mich. ‘I started plowing 37 years ago, when I was eight years old, and I still remember it like it was last week,’ states David Wolfe, who owns twenty-plus old plows and a nearly equal amount of antique tractors to pull them. And it was a special occasion when a youngster was first offered the reins or a steering wheel to operate the plow. Most former farm kids remember vividly the smell of freshly turned dirt as it cascaded off a plow’s moldboards. ![]()
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