Let's take a hop across the pond and have a look at an English plowing engine. This scale model is a joy to watch, and it highlights a method that was little used in the US. English plowing engines pulled the plow back and forth across a field with a winching drum, instead of being hooked to the plow with a drawbar. The plows used in this method were actually two plows in one, with a set of wheels between them, and made so that only one is in the ground at one time. Below is a photo from the "Encyclopedia of American Steam Traction Engines" by Jack Norbeck, of an Engilish plow at the Henry Ford Museum.
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