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Posted by JMS/MN on September 02, 2005 at 10:54:18 from (204.73.106.15):
In Reply to: Re: Maybe a stupid question but I need someone to posted by Bill(Wis) on September 02, 2005 at 06:12:48:
Years ago, with the mammoth plows behind steam tractors, it was typical to have a lever to raise and lower two bottoms at a time, and a man on the plow to handle each lever or two. The smaller pull-type plows of the last century had two levers on them- the left one set the plowing depth of all the bottoms, and the right one was used to level the frame. That allowed for the first furrows on setting out a land to be plowed uniformly deep with the rest of the field. After the land was set, the right lever was reset to level the frame with the right wheel in the furrow.
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