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

The mixing is accomplished in various ways, the most common being to use a heavy plow at first and to follow this with a heavy disc harrow.

From American Rural Highways by T. R. (Thomas Radford) Agg

I cultivate my orchard with a disc harrow and cultivator, and plant nothing.

From The Apple by Various

Thus, every vineyard should have a spring-tooth and a disc harrow, one of the several types of weeders, a one-horse and a sulky cultivator.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick

I cultivate my orchard to corn eight years, then use a disc harrow, running both ways, keeping a dust mulch; I cease cropping at bearing age and plant nothing.

From The Apple by Various

The spike tooth or the disc harrow must work again after the plowing is finished.

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