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<blockquote data-quote="TrickyT" data-source="post: 6845919" data-attributes="member: 47152"><p>I don't have any secrets. I was a self taught 'office' ploughman who did everything by the Ferguson book as that is the class I plough.</p><p></p><p>I invested in a ploughing lesson and it opened my eyes. I then met up with a fellow Ferguson ploughman and with their help for the first time actually checked over my plough, to find it was no where true or square.</p><p></p><p>The biggest thing I can say is to 'know your judges'. Each judge likes something different and not all will like your style of ploughing.</p><p></p><p>I was always under the impression to keep both the opening and finish very shallow as that was what judges expected. But quickly found out that was not true. Several times I had a shallow finish for the plough to come out on the final run, yet those that had a deep finish were not scored down.</p><p></p><p>I don't think there are many 'secrets' in ploughing, most people have watched others for a long time now, so any tips or tricks would have been quickly spotted and duplicated.</p><p></p><p>As the wife says to me, you only have to go up and down in a straight line for a couple of hours, how hard can in be. Yet I can count on one hand the number of times that I have been happy with my straightness, especially as there is no one else to blame for it.</p><p></p><p>Trevor</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TrickyT, post: 6845919, member: 47152"] I don't have any secrets. I was a self taught 'office' ploughman who did everything by the Ferguson book as that is the class I plough. I invested in a ploughing lesson and it opened my eyes. I then met up with a fellow Ferguson ploughman and with their help for the first time actually checked over my plough, to find it was no where true or square. The biggest thing I can say is to 'know your judges'. Each judge likes something different and not all will like your style of ploughing. I was always under the impression to keep both the opening and finish very shallow as that was what judges expected. But quickly found out that was not true. Several times I had a shallow finish for the plough to come out on the final run, yet those that had a deep finish were not scored down. I don't think there are many 'secrets' in ploughing, most people have watched others for a long time now, so any tips or tricks would have been quickly spotted and duplicated. As the wife says to me, you only have to go up and down in a straight line for a couple of hours, how hard can in be. Yet I can count on one hand the number of times that I have been happy with my straightness, especially as there is no one else to blame for it. Trevor [/QUOTE]
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