Abstract: An apparatus that treats and/or fixes soil gases liberated during plowing. An upper portion of a plow blade comprises a detachable panel made from a catalyst metal and behind the detachable panel is an electric resistance heater. A compressed fluid hose and nozzle located proximate the upper portion of the plow blade supplies reactants which react with a soil gas in the presence of a catalyst and heat.

Abstract: A lubricating system for plow blades has a plurality of tube outlets positioned near a bottom portion of a plow blade and aligned to expel a dilute polymer lubricating fluid upward and onto a surface of the plow blade. As the plow blade scrapes up ground material, the scrapings distribute the lubricating fluid over the surface of the plow blade. Each of the tube outlets is supplied with lubricating fluid from a storage container via a pump connected to a positive displacement distribution block. In a farm plow system having eight separate plowshares, four positive displacement distribution blocks and one master distribution block are employed to supply lubricating fluid to twenty tube outlets.

Abstract: A lubricating system for plow blades has a plurality of tube outlets positioned near a bottom portion of a plow blade and aligned to expel a dilute polymer lubricating fluid upward and onto a surface of the plow blade. As the plow blade scrapes up ground material, the scrapings distribute the lubricating fluid over the surface of the plow blade. Each of the tube outlets is supplied with lubricating fluid from a storage container via individual pumps.