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Picture courtesy of Jim Kuntz

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Picture courtesy of Jim Kuntz

POTATO PLOW


The slotted moldboard was designed to help break up the soil and thus required less preparation with the harrow. Farmers jokingly named it the potato plow, saying it would separate the large and small potatoes. It was successfully used in some soil types.


Doniphan Neighborhood Assistance Program, Pioneer Heritage Homestead Project.

Franklin St. & Charles St., Heritage Homestead, Doniphan, Ripley County Missouri

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