Plover, a name given to numerous species of birds belonging to several genera of the family Charadriæ. They have a straight compressed bill, but the upper jaw is slightly inflated and slightly bent at the point; the nasal groove extends about two-thirds of the length of the bill, the extensive farms, where the fields are large and conveniently shaped, steam-tillage may be pursued with excellent results, if the farmer is careful to adapt the operations to the particular character of the soil. Steam-tillage, if wisely directed, is more thorough than tillage by any other power, and the great speed attainable is also an important consideration, especially in precarious seasons, when the soil is not long in a favourable condition for being worked.
See Morton's Cyclopedia of Agriculture (1856); Stephens' Book of the Farm (new ed. by present writer, 1890); and the Book of Farm Implements, by Slight and Scott Burn (1858); Professor J. Scott's Farm Engineering (1884); and Scott Burn's Text-book of Farm Engineering (1885).