Er fod peiriannau torri cnydau yn cael eu cynhyrchu yng ngymru o ganol y 1850 au ymlaen fe ddefyddwyd y pladur, fforch a'r gribin bren ar yr ucheldir hyd y 1920 au.                                                                                                                                                           

Ar brydiau defnyddid pladur gadair sef pladur efo crud ysgafn pren arni wedi ei llunio yn gywrain i

Even though mowing machines were manufactured in Wales from the middle of the ninteenth century, The Scythe, togther with the acempanying fork and wooden rake was used insome upland areas as late was the 1920's. At times the craelle seythe would be used, being a scythe with a light wooden beautifully wnitructed to collect the cropin neat swathes ready
for the scythe maker