Early 20th Century Horse-drawn Walking Plow

 Although it has no clear identifying marks, this plow (the green one in the photograph above) may have been made by the John Deere Plow Works in Moline, Illinois. Pulled by two horses, this plow turned over the soil to the right side, creating a furrow in preparation for planting row crops. The smaller plow next to it, which also deposited the turned over soil to the right, may have been made for a garden or smaller field.

 To see a video showing the cooperation between man and horse that takes place when a similar walking plow is being pulled by two horses, click or touch here. To see a video of another walking plow being pulled by one horse, click or touch here. For a relatively long but very informative 23 minute and 40 second video on walking plows, click or touch here.