!!!Pflug

Plough, device for the cultivation of the soil, in use since the 
Neolithic period, pictorial representations (in manuscripts or on 
stove tiles) since the Middle Ages. A plough from the 18%%sup th/%  
century, which was used by Joseph II in 1769 at Slavikovice (CZ), 
is exhibited in the museum of Brno in its original state. Different 
types of ploughs were developed in different regions in Austria. An 
essential improvement was achieved by S. Zugmayr, who constructed a 
plough with iron shares around 1830 which was made for teams of oxen 
or horses and which turned the furrow. It was widely used (models in 
the Vienna Museum of Technology) until the introduction of the tractor 
(in the middle of the 20%%sup th/%  century).


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