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- Oliver Chilled Plow Works Trade Catalog, circa 1890 -
- circa 1890
- Collections - Artifact
Oliver Chilled Plow Works Trade Catalog, circa 1890
- Oliver Plow, 1870-1929 - "Chilled" cast iron was the latest thing in plows in the 1870s, a process perfected by James A. Oliver, of South Bend, Indiana. The chilling process involved cooling the cast iron with water, hardening the metal. It polished like steel, allowing it to pull through the soil easily. A copy of this plow is used at Greenfield Village's Firestone Farm.
- 1870-1929
- Collections - Artifact
Oliver Plow, 1870-1929
"Chilled" cast iron was the latest thing in plows in the 1870s, a process perfected by James A. Oliver, of South Bend, Indiana. The chilling process involved cooling the cast iron with water, hardening the metal. It polished like steel, allowing it to pull through the soil easily. A copy of this plow is used at Greenfield Village's Firestone Farm.
- Miniature Sulky Plow, 1920-1924 -
- 1920-1924
- Collections - Artifact
Miniature Sulky Plow, 1920-1924
- Miniature Harrow, 1920-1924 -
- 1920-1924
- Collections - Artifact
Miniature Harrow, 1920-1924
- Oliver Chilled Plow Works Trade Catalog, circa 1885 -
- circa 1885
- Collections - Artifact
Oliver Chilled Plow Works Trade Catalog, circa 1885
- Oliver Model 7-A Tractor-Drawn Gang Plow, circa 1927 - Henry Ford included an Oliver Model 7 Plow (similar to this 7A) with each Fordson tractor he gave away. Oliver designed this plow for use with the Fordson. The farmer no longer had to dismount at the end of the field but instead could use the trip rope connected to a clutch on the plow's axle to lift the two plow shares (called "bottoms").
- circa 1927
- Collections - Artifact
Oliver Model 7-A Tractor-Drawn Gang Plow, circa 1927
Henry Ford included an Oliver Model 7 Plow (similar to this 7A) with each Fordson tractor he gave away. Oliver designed this plow for use with the Fordson. The farmer no longer had to dismount at the end of the field but instead could use the trip rope connected to a clutch on the plow's axle to lift the two plow shares (called "bottoms").
- Miniature Plow, 1920-1924 -
- 1920-1924
- Collections - Artifact
Miniature Plow, 1920-1924
- Miniature Plow, 1920-1924 -
- 1920-1924
- Collections - Artifact
Miniature Plow, 1920-1924
- Plow Blade -
- Collections - Artifact
Plow Blade
- "The Oliver Plow Book, a Treatise on Plows and Plowing," 1920 -
- 1920
- Collections - Artifact
"The Oliver Plow Book, a Treatise on Plows and Plowing," 1920