Ford Four-Bottomed Plow Model
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The nature of farming dramatically changed in the 20th century through what came to be known as the Green Revolution. From the 1920s-1950s farming productivity rose dramatically due to mechanization, fertilizers, chemicals (fungicides, pesticides, herbicides) and the hybridization of plants and animals. Agricultural innovations continue to be important to farming today. While the museum has over a dozen full-size tractors and other pieces of farming equipment, most technical developments of the 20th century are represented in the collection through toys and models.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The Ertl Company of Dyersville, Iowa manufactured this model of a four-bottomed plow around 1965. The plow came with a tractor, wagon, and cultivator as part of a “Ford Deluxe Farm Set.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Agriculture
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content: Agricultural Equipment Toys
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content: Agriculture
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Fred Ertl, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.69A09.10c
label: catalog number
content: 69A9.10c
label: accession number
content: 282677
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plow, four bottomed
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: aluminium (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 70 mm x 11 cm x 30.8 cm; 2 3/4 in x 4 11/32 in x 12 1/8 in