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  • From: "Jason Jones" <JJones AT thehomestead.org>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Market-farming] small scale chisel questions
  • Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:05:19 -0600

Here is my dilemma.  I am looking to replace a 2-bottom moldboard plow for use on a 6 acre mixed vegetable CSA farm.  I am looking to replace the moldboard with a chisel plow, but am not familiar with these types of plows and this is making the process harder.  In the past my tillage system involved either fall or spring plowing with the moldboard followed by a rototiller to create a better seedbed.  Once the soil is worked over with the tiller, I then come and hill the soil into beds and cover the beds with a mulch layer. 

 

I have been looking at the Yoemans plow, or at least the Yoemans shanks mounted on a fabricated toolbar, but these types of plows are the more expensive of this type of equipment.  My tractor is an 80hp 2wd model which should allow me to pull a 5 shank chisel with no problem.  My questions are these:

 

Is it best to purchase a cheaper model of chisel that has 7 shanks and remove two of the shanks, or does it make more sense to purchase a five shank model that is set up with just those five shanks?

 

Would the Yoemans necessarily be better than other types of chisels in small scale production systems? 

 

Is there anyone out there who has recently stopped using the moldboard and switched to chiseling? 

 

Any advice would be much appreciated.  Thanks,

 

Jason Jones

Farm Manager




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