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The article suggests ways of flood control. It is stated that, the first step for flood control involves watershed management, in which techniques like contour plowing, terracing of steep fields, and strip cropping, are used for cutting off the speed of the runoff from a watershed. It is reported that, another way is to build large reservoirs by blocking the lower end of a convenient river valley with a dam, which can hold back floods.

The article focuses on the discovery of a long-buried set of Roman silver by English plowman Gordon Butcher. He makes a living by plowing other men's fields and gathering other men's harvests using his tractor. Together with another man who asked him to plow a land for him unearthed no less than thirty-three separate pieces of items consisting of dishes, bowls, goblets and spoons.

Presents information regarding use of new agricultural machineries being used in the U.S. in place of traditional plow. Production of an assortment of evidence on the evils of the turning plow in the book "Plowman's Folly," by E.H. Faulkner; Striving of the technicians of the Soil Conservation Service and other agricultural experts for developing new methods and machinery precisely adaptable to the erosion control and production needs of each varying agricultural locality; Research conducted for the soil-and-water-conservation experiment which proves that when vegetative litter is maintained on the surface there is much less loss of soil and water than when the ground is left bare.

The article reports on the launch of a wartime jeep designed by Willys-Overland. The jeep merges the functions of passenger car, tractor, truck, and power takeoff for industrial and farm use. It was demonstrated on the farm of Willys-Overland President Charles E. Sorensen. The jeep plowed 400 acres at a level of 1.25 acres per hour with continuous drawbar pull of 1,200 pounds.

The article focuses on the participation of U.S. presidential candidates Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson in the 1952 National Plowing Contest held in Dodge County, Minnesota. Eisenhower spoke about the differences he sees between his program and the Democratic practice. Eisenhower wants to implement a new farm law that will give farmers more opportunity to express themselves. Stevenson gave the Democratic Party credit for the advances in U.S. farming.

Presents a prediction about a dust bowl in the 1950s in the Great Plains that will rival the dust bowl that ravaged acres in the 1930s. More than five million acres were plowed; Soil is unfit for cultivation because it is very thin and sandy; Increased efficiency has made breaking of marginal lands economically feasible; Old farmers complained about behavior of newcomers who did not experience the disasters of the 1930s; Farmer and soil conservationist Charles Peacock of Arriba, Colorado.

The article focuses on the efforts of the Salt-Wahoo Watershed Association in flood control in Nebraska. It informs that many flood control projects have been built in the flood plains by the association. It tells that the upland farmers of the association uses the same methods of contour plowing and watercourse sodding which other progressive farmers use. It also informs about a joint report by the company Soil Conservation Service to the U.S. Congress for 20 million dollars in new dams.

The article focuses on an education plan aimed to bring literacy and modern farming method to India's illiterate masses initiated by United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) adviser Duane Spence Hatch, in partnership with the Indian government. It notes that the villagers learned modern methods of poultry-breeding, cattle-raising and plowing. It relates that the villagers were taught by Hatch how to make clean palmyra sugar which can be sold at double the price of jaggery.

The article reports on the addition of a two-wheel tractor called Ford DNT to the vehicles produced by Detroit, Michigan-based Ford Motor Co. in February 1970. The tractor is intended to replace mules and oxen used in plowing and other related tasks. According to the author, the vehicle may bring thousands of farmers in underdeveloped countries into the age of mechanization.

The article presents the author's experience in U.S. states where he visited. In Elkhart, Kansas, the author saw a farmer plowing. No sooner did the farmer pass with the plow than the dust blew over and covered up the earth as if nothing had happened. Near Boise City, Oklahoma, the author met a farmer with a dried-up cow. It was the last cow he had left, and she was ready to pass off any day. More than once on the road the author has seen families packing their belongings in old Fords and leaving the old homestead. Many of them are migrating to California, not because they want to, but because they have been evicted.

The article describes the moldboard plow manufactured by Seaman Motor Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1944.

The article focuses on the book "Chamber's Encyclopedia," which contained an account describing circular plowing wherein a rope wound and a steaming engine are applied.

A photograph of a farmer plowing his fields in Searcy, Arkansas is presented.

The article profiles American agriculturist Frank Andrew who invented an ingenious system of automatic plowing.

The article reports that the state of Kansas has issued a statute requiring farmers to prevent top soil from drifting by furrowing, plowing or other prevention methods.

Presents the poem "The Time When I Was Plowing," by Maxwell Anderson.

The article discusses ways in constructing a sod. Plowing or breaking the virgin sod was done by the plowshare during spring and it takes two to three yoke of oxen used to pull the plow. Hay and straw were stacked inside the circle cultivating and planting the four feet deep garden. The new sod was solid and easily cut into two-foot lengths. Walls were constructed laying two sods lengthwise and crosswise to make two-foot thick bonded around the building.

The author discusses various explanations as to why Moroccan farmers use unlikely pairs of animals in plowing, consisting of a camel paired with a donkey or a horse. The author has inquired several people for an answer. One answered that farmers in Casablanca were so poor that they have to use any animal they have. Another one said that a camel is cheaper in terms of feeds. However, when he asked the farmers directly, they replied that it was their tradition to use such animals.

The article presents information on earthworms. They are considered annelids and dig holes in soil. Earthworms usually come up at night for additional food and companionship. Both parent earthworms lay eggs because of the need for large families to help with the plowing.