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News Archive - The Horse Plough
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| A single furrow two-way horse plough,
manufactured by Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies Ltd. of Ipswich, for
use with one or two horses, has been donated to the Mill by a Walmley
farm. Although the exact date of manufacture is unknown, old trade
catalogues indicate that it was probably made sometime in the late
1800's or early 1900's. Ransomes produced a small range of cast or
wrought iron frames that were later fitted with a selection of components,
resulting in a wide variety of ploughs. The farmer could choose to
have either one or two wheels, or even none, and select from a range
of different plough shares and mould boards. This produced a plough
to suit any particular requirement - an early "pick-and-mix"
system. An early example of a one-way
horse plough has been discovered in Kitzbuehel, Austria. |
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