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minus-squareCarrolade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·6 months agoYou sorely overestimate how easy it is to get a trained animal to walk in a perfectly straight line. They do not get magical perfect-line-walking powers just because they are animals.
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·6 months agoAlso, the farmer steers the plow direction and depth. https://rbogash.com/Horses/plowing-3.html#:~:text=On its side%2C the plow,lines tied around his body.
minus-squareSchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down2·6 months agoOr a rock, or something else to knock it off track.
You sorely overestimate how easy it is to get a trained animal to walk in a perfectly straight line. They do not get magical perfect-line-walking powers just because they are animals.
Also, the farmer steers the plow direction and depth.
https://rbogash.com/Horses/plowing-3.html#:~:text=On its side%2C the plow,lines tied around his body.
Or a rock, or something else to knock it off track.