page_title: Headland (agriculture)
section_title: Steam ploughing
hierarchical_section_title: Headland (agriculture) / Steam ploughing
caption_attribution_description: English: A Fowler ploughing engine at a ploughing and steam fair in Staplehurst, Kent, in the mid 1980s. Steam ploughing is accomplished with two engines either side of the field. They then winch the plough to and fro between them.
context_page_description: A Headland, in agriculture, is the area at each end of a planted field. In some areas of the United States, this area is known as the Turnrow. It is used for turning around with farm implements during field operations and is the first area to be harvested to minimize crop damage. The rows run perpendicular to the lay of the field and are usually two, three or four times the width of the implement used for planting the field.
context_section_description: In the days when steam ploughing was common, the engine would often remain on the headland and pull the plough across the field by a wire rope.  There would be severe compaction of the headland but little compaction of the rest of the field. There would usually be two engines, one on each headland, and they would winch the plough to and fro between them.
caption: A steam ploughing engine
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