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[Old Ford Mechanic]

Many years ago when i was a young man. Over crusted ground to get the cotton plants up.

 

[Timmycornpicker]

Most people have the wrong idea of how a rotary hoe works. It will not get weeds that are already up. That's why it will not hurt the crop that is already up. Rather it will get the weeds before they come up. It's kinda a "preemerge" tillage tool.

If your crop comes up clean people think there is no point in going over it with the hoe when actually that is the perfect time to do it. You cannot cleanup a field with a rotary hoe but you can keep a clean field clean.

The tine weeders like the Einbock that recently were all the rage in organics work on the same principle. Run just above the depth of the seeded crop to flick out the weed seeds that are just starting to thread roots.

 

[m16ty]

I'm 80 but can't say I ever heard of a rotary hoe, enlighten me.

 

[rustred]

Around here they are called roto-tillers. Never heard them called rotary hoes either. Guess that’s like the disc plow also u guys call them. They are called disc’s here and a plow has moldboards. 2 separate pieces of equipment.

 

[Absent Minded Farmer]

Around here they are called roto-tillers. Never heard them called rotary hoes either. Guess that’s like the disc plow also u guys call them. They are called disc’s here and a plow has moldboards. 2 separate pieces of equipment.

Interesting that you said that. I went & looked through my IHC Canada catalog from 1925, to see what they were called in the book & there aren't any rotary hoes or tillers listed in there. There are land rollers listed, which aren't in the catalog from this side of the black line.

Mike

 

[rustred]

Interesting that you said that. I went & looked through my IHC Canada catalog from 1925, to see what they were called in the book & there aren't any rotary hoes or tillers listed in there. There are land rollers listed, which aren't in the catalog from this side of the black line.

Mike

I don’t think such a thing was invented back then. lol.

 

[flying belgian]

I don’t think such a thing was invented back then. lol.

My uncle had the first one I ever heard of. It was Case brand. I believe it was from early 50s. Pa bought a John Deere in the early 60s.

 

[Timmycornpicker]

I don’t think such a thing was invented back then. lol.

From what I can find, McCormick-Deering offered the No.3 and No.4 rotary hoes for horses starting in 1916. That implies there were the No. 1 and No. 2 before them . . . but I can't find anything about them. P&O was purchased in 1919, so the only other possibility was Keystone might have been building rotary hoes before IHC bought them? I don't know why they're not in the Canadian catalog until later.

 

[rustred]

From what I can find, McCormick-Deering offered the No.3 and No.4 rotary hoes for horses starting in 1916. That implies there were the No. 1 and No. 2 before them . . . but I can't find anything about them. P&O was purchased in 1919, so the only other possibility was Keystone might have been building rotary hoes before IHC bought them? I don't know why they're not in the Canadian catalog until later.

post a picture of it, as it might be under a different name here.

 

[Mexico46958]

Yes, as a kid farming for my grandparents. Haven't seen a working one for a while.

 

[rrlund]

Just sold my 4 section JD hoe this fall. Hadn't used it in years but remember using it back in the day. Son hoed some recently planted milo this spring after a hard rain packed and crusted the soil which then started blowing when the wind hit 45-55 mph. He had to replant some of it; just harvested it about 10 days ago and he said it yielded 124 BPA which is pretty good for this dry part of the country.

You see the wheels all the time at flea markets for craft projects.

 

[Timmycornpicker]

From Wisconsin Historical Society

 

[Timmycornpicker]

post a picture of it, as it might be under a different name here.

This one is from Explore Saskatchewan Agriculture.

 

[flying belgian]

From Wisconsin Historical Society View attachment 135328

The horse drawn equip must be from the 20s, 30,s max, yet the house and barn look more modern.

 

[Absent Minded Farmer]

The horse drawn equip must be from the 20s, 30,s max, yet the house and barn look more modern.

The barn looks like a Jamesway & those were in their book in the '20s. The house looks a lot like a Sears or Monkey Wards & could be about the same vintage.

Mike

 

[m16ty]

Around here they are called roto-tillers. Never heard them called rotary hoes either. Guess that’s like the disc plow also u guys call them. They are called disc’s here and a plow has moldboards. 2 separate pieces of equipment.

Well what do you call this? This is a disc.
A disc plow does the same thing as a moldboard plow, it just has big disc to turn the sod under instead of a moldboard.

 

[used2bmike]

Former co-worker helped his uncle in the 70's. He had a tractor but still used horses. SW Missouri near Springfield. We were talking one day, said he went down with his kids and went upstairs in the barn and found all the harnesses and other gear hanging on a wall.

 

[Timmycornpicker]

Well what do you call this? This is a disc.
A disc plow does the same thing as a moldboard plow, it just has big disc to turn the sod under instead of a moldboard.
View attachment 135332But then there's this:

which is neither a disk plow nor a disk harrow. Most often called a one-way, sometimes disk tillers, John Deere liked to call theirs Sur-flex tillers.

 

[m16ty]

I’ve heard them called disc tillers. Not really a plow, not really a disc.
Never even seen one of those around here in TN.

 

[rustred]

Well what do you call this? This is a disc.
A disc plow does the same thing as a moldboard plow, it just has big disc to turn the sod under instead of a moldboard.
View attachment 135332

Now u are being funny. Not a chance that disc will turn over a furrow like a plow.