Instead of using the 1-way disc plows most of their neighbors favored, the Carters pulled an Oliver
turning plow with a John Deere Model D tractor.
In the fall, when weather permitted, a
turning plow with a half-winged metal foot was used to dig peanuts.
I've found a Lynchburg Model S2 right-handed, mule-drawn
turning plow that I believe to be a salesman sample.
For example, the rotary mower attachment, priced at $82 in 1949, sold for $67.50 in 1954, and the 6inch
turning plow, priced at $9.90 in 1951, sold for $3.75.
I hear farmers tell of
turning plows, moldboard plows, disc harrows, cultivators and all sorts of farm equipment.
Most of the farmers now use cultivators for land preparation (plowing), although some progressive farmers use disc harrows, rotavators and soil
turning plows. Conventional land preparation (six-plowing and three-planking) and sowing costs were almost equal to costs incurred on the bed and furrow method, but five fold higher than for no-till, which was followed by a moderate irrigation to germinate the wheat.