disk harrow

American  

noun

1. a harrow having a number of sharp-edged, concave disks set at such an angle that as the harrow is drawn along the ground they turn the soil, pulverize it, and destroy weeds.

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Etymology

Origin of disk harrow

First recorded in 1880–85

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disk harrow

They have no special advantage over the smoothing harrow or the disk harrow, except in places where the attempt is made to cultivate the soil between the rows of wheat.

From Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall by Widtsoe, John Andreas

When a soil is thin, there may be no better preparatory crop than the cowpea, which will not make too rank a growth in the north to prevent its handling with a weighted disk harrow.

From Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement by Agee, Alva

On the other hand, the young farmer should consider the range of usefulness of any given type of machine or tool; thus, a disk harrow is more efficient for some purposes than a spring-tooth harrow.

From The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should Know by Hunt, Thomas Forsyth

Sometimes the disk harrow can be used to work up the soil in the orchard in the spring without any plowing at all, especially on loose loams where there are few stones.

From Apple Growing by Burritt, M. C.

The spring-tooth harrow, however, will do fairly well wherever the disk harrow or the spike-tooth harrow is needed.

From The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should Know by Hunt, Thomas Forsyth