SINGLE FURROW ORCHARD PLOUGH
1920 - 1950A single arched ''I'' beam forms the main frame and has a bracket in two halves, fan shaped with seven holes along the front edge bolted to the nose to accommodate a further bracket to allow the plough to be pulled. A wheel to control the depth of cut is mounted on a flat bar and is fixed to the beam via a ''U'' clamp just behind the nose bracket.
The ploughs shear and mould board are bolted to the lower part of the beam and the flat bar handles are fixed at the same point and extend up with cross bracing. A further two braces are fixed to the upper part of the main beam. Cast hand grips are riveted to the handles.
The text is the same on both nose brackets and there is text on the right hand grip as shown below.
The plough was used in the early to mid 1900s on the family farm by Norman Lester in the locality of Mardella, which is a little south of Mundijong. The Marsh family came to Western Australia in 1850 and purchased land in the Armadale area in 1854. In 1857 John Marsh purchased Paradise Farm, located in the hills above Armadale and on the new road to Albany. The family have been a part of the Armadale community ever since. Branches of the family also took up farms south of Armadale in Byford, Mundijong and Mardella.
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Text on nose brackets [P 1703] right hand grip [P 5768R]
This object is part of a collection of items associated with Norman Lester Marsh and family who played a significant role in the economic and community development of the City of Armadale by owning and working farmland locally. The Marsh family have been and continue to be apart of the Armadale community since 1850. This item is an example of farming equipment used in the early to mid 1900's.
