disc harrow

British  

noun

1. a harrow with sharp-edged slightly concave discs mounted on horizontal shafts and used to cut clods or debris on the surface of the soil or to cover seed after planting

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disc harrow

I have planted in rows thirty-two feet distant; cultivate in corn for four years after planting, and use the disc harrow as much as possible.

From The Apple by Various

He must often chop last year’s stalks with a disc harrow or with a stalk cutter.

From The Fabric of Civilization A Short Survey of the Cotton Industry in the United States by Guaranty Trust Company of New York

I use a disc harrow and one-horse, five-tooth cultivator; I then sow to red clover, and cease cropping when the limbs reach out far enough to prevent me passing through with the hay-rack.

From The Apple by Various

I believe in cultivation with the plow and disc harrow until the trees shade the ground so that weeds cannot grow much.

From The Apple by Various

I cultivate my orchard to corn, small fruit, potatoes and nursery stock seven years, with a cutaway disc harrow, and cease cropping after eight years; I plant nothing in a bearing orchard.

From The Apple by Various