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| [[File:Einscharpflug - Farmer plowing in Fahrenwalde, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.35|Traditional ploughing: a farmer works the land with horses and plough]] | [[File:Einscharpflug - Farmer plowing in Fahrenwalde, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.35|Traditional ploughing: a farmer works the land with horses and plough]] |
| A '''plough''' or '''plow''' ([[Differences between American and British spellings|US]]; both {{IPAc-en|p|l|aʊ}}) is a [[farm]] tool for loosening or turning the soil before [[sowing]] seed or planting.<ref name="Cambridge">{{Cite web |work=Cambridge English Dictionary |title=Plough |access-date=16 September 2018 |url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/plough}}</ref> Ploughs were traditionally drawn by oxen and horses but in modern farms are drawn by tractors. A plough may have a wooden, iron or steel frame with a blade attached to cut and loosen the soil. It has been fundamental to farming for most of history.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12997877| title = Anglo-Saxon 7th Century plough coulter found in Kent | work = BBC News| date = 7 April 2011}}</ref> The earliest ploughs had no wheels; such a plough was known to the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] as an ''aratrum''. [[Celts|Celtic peoples]] first came to use wheeled ploughs in the Roman era.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fMcbnMFn8lcC&pg=PA211 |page=211 |first1=R. G. |last1=Collingwood |first2=Robin George |last2=Collingwood |first3= John |last3=Nowell |first4=Linton |last4=Myres |title=Roman Britain and the English Settlements |year=1936 |publisher=Biblo & Tannen Publishers|isbn=9780819611604 }}</ref> | A '''plough''' or '''plou''' ([[Differences between American and British spellings|US]]; both {{IPAc-en|p|l|aʊ}}) is a [[farm]] tool for loosening or turning the soil before [[sowing]] seed or planting.<ref name="Cambridge">{{Cite web |work=Cambridge English Dictionary |title=Plough |access-date=16 September 2018 |url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/plough}}</ref> Ploughs were traditionally drawn by oxen and horses but in modern farms are drawn by tractors. A plough may have a wooden, iron or steel frame with a blade attached to cut and loosen the soil. It has been fundamental to farming for most of history.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12997877| title = Anglo-Saxon 7th Century plough coulter found in Kent | work = BBC News| date = 7 April 2011}}</ref> The earliest ploughs had no wheels; such a plough was known to the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] as an ''aratrum''. [[Celts|Celtic peoples]] first came to use wheeled ploughs in the Roman era.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fMcbnMFn8lcC&pg=PA211 |page=211 |first1=R. G. |last1=Collingwood |first2=Robin George |last2=Collingwood |first3= John |last3=Nowell |first4=Linton |last4=Myres |title=Roman Britain and the English Settlements |year=1936 |publisher=Biblo & Tannen Publishers|isbn=9780819611604 }}</ref> |
| The prime purpose of ploughing is to turn over the uppermost soil,<ref name="Britannica">{{Cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/technology/plow |title=Plow |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopaedia Britannica]] |access-date=16 September 2018}}</ref> bringing fresh [[Plant nutrients in soil|nutrients]] to the surface<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F7aA8fzQtNMC&pg=PA7 |page=7 |title=Living Sci. 8 Silver Jubilee |publisher=Ratna Sagar |first1=A C |last1=Sahgal |first2=Mukul |last2=Sahgal |location=India |isbn=9788183325035}}</ref> while burying [[weed]]s and crop remains to [[Decomposition|decay]]. Trenches cut by the plough are called furrows. In modern use, a ploughed field is normally left to dry and then [[Harrow (tool)|harrow]]ed before planting. Ploughing and [[Tillage|cultivating]] soil evens the content of the upper {{convert|12|to|25|cm|in|sigfig=1}} layer of soil, where most plant feeder [[root]]s grow. | The prime purpose of ploughing is to turn over the uppermost soil,<ref name="Britannica">{{Cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/technology/plow |title=Plow |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopaedia Britannica]] |access-date=16 September 2018}}</ref> bringing fresh [[Plant nutrients in soil|nutrients]] to the surface<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F7aA8fzQtNMC&pg=PA7 |page=7 |title=Living Sci. 8 Silver Jubilee |publisher=Ratna Sagar |first1=A C |last1=Sahgal |first2=Mukul |last2=Sahgal |location=India |isbn=9788183325035}}</ref> while burying [[weed]]s and crop remains to [[Decomposition|decay]]. Trenches cut by the plough are called furrows. In modern use, a ploughed field is normally left to dry and then [[Harrow (tool)|harrow]]ed before planting. Ploughing and [[Tillage|cultivating]] soil evens the content of the upper {{convert|12|to|25|cm|in|sigfig=1}} layer of soil, where most plant feeder [[root]]s grow. |
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