Illinois State Museum

• Hand Tools

• Horse-drawn Machinery

• Early Horse-drawn Machinery

• Horse-drawn John Deere Plow

• Horse-drawn Harrow

• Horse-drawn Manure Spreader

• Horse-drawn Seed Planter

• Patent Models

• Automated Machinery

Modern Farming Tools: Harrow with Teeth

 

A four-horse team is pulling a harrow with teeth. It was used in the spring after plowing and again to cultivate once corn came up and reached 3-4 inches in height. The driver sat behind on a sulky.

This harrow is constructed with an open grid work of wood planks in four sections. They are attached by hooks to a round crossbar that is in turn attached to doubletrees to hold the horses' harnesses.