A plow is a farming implement consisting of a share (blade), moldboard, and frame, designed to cut into soil, lift it, and turn it over in order to prepare land for cultivation. The share penetrates the earth along a furrow; the moldboard lifts and inverts the slice of soil; the frame transmits draft force from the pulling agent (animal, tractor) to the working parts. Persistence mechanism: physical manufacture in metal or wood, standardized dimensions across implement families, sustained through agricultural practice and tool-making craft. [formal: artrum | substrate: behavior | horizon: a season | explicit: yes | epoch: 0.01]
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plow
A plow is a farming implement consisting of a share (blade), moldboard, and frame, designed to cut into soil, lift it, and turn it over in order to prepare land for cultivation. The share penetrates the earth along a furrow; the moldboard…
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Why it is in scope
A human-made agricultural implement constructed to persist soil inversion and weed control by mechanically disturbing the earth to prepare seedbeds.
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- plowen · CANONICAL
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A plow IS a specific kind of tool — an artifact that extends the human capacity for soil cultivation. Law 11c: a shelf IS a tool; plow qualifies as an artifact extending human capacity. Direction: specific→general.
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Plows existed as agricultural implements only within the context of agriculture. Agriculture (dating to the Neolithic Revolution, ~10,000 BCE) existed first and fed into the development of the plow as a specialized farming tool. Per Law 7, Y existed first and fed into X — correct direction for DERIVED_FROM.
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- Jul 27, 2026, 7:30 PM UTC
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