Vol. 7, Issue 6 (2019)
Development and Modification of Conventional Seed-Cum-Fertilizer drill into broad bed furrow Machine
Author(s): Amita Gautam, Yomesh Sinha, Basant Patel and Jayant Kumar Kawer
Abstract: Traditional sowing methods have limitations and some crops are water stress crop. To overcoming those problems a tractor operated broad bed furrow machine was modified and evaluated. It has a three point hitch, two bottom ridges which forms the ridges and furrows with seedling either on the ridge, or in furrow as desired in a single operation. It can be used for sowing of both Kharif and Rabi crops with hallow soil cover over the seed. The machine was evaluated; actual seed application rate was obtained 58.97 kg/ha with fluted exposure was 18 mm and 88.46 kg/ha with fluted exposure was 27 mm. The actual fertilizer application rate was found 47.18 kg/ha with fluted exposure 9 mm. Field performance was evaluated by field capacity (ha/hr), field efficiency (%), Draft ( kg). Fuel consumption was found to be 4 L/h and the cost of operation 453 Rs/h. Bulk density of the field (kg/m3), moisture content (db) of the field at various depth 5 cm, 15 cm, 25 cm. The functional performance of different system of seed drill was satisfactory during field.
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Amita Gautam, Yomesh Sinha, Basant Patel, Jayant Kumar Kawer. Development and Modification of Conventional Seed-Cum-Fertilizer drill into broad bed furrow Machine. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(6):1734-1738.
