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Show New Indian Plow Indian scientists have developed devel-oped a new plough which, in its own way, may change the bullock-powered farms of India In-dia much as the tractor has revolutionized rev-olutionized farming in other nations. na-tions. The Indian Agricultural Research Re-search Institute in New Delhi has devised a double plough drawn by a two-bullock team. To the Indian farmer, this means he can plough two furrows fur-rows in the time once needed to plough one an important factor in India, where a nationwide nation-wide food campaign is in full swing. Compared with the tractor-drawn tractor-drawn machinery of other areas, ar-eas, the new plough is not impressive, im-pressive, but its simplicity is one of its main advantages. It can be repaired or even built by the average village carpenter or blacksmith. The Institute designed the new implement after tests which demonstrated that the average bullock team works much below its capacity when pulling a single plough. |