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DEVELOPMENT OF LIGHT WEIGHT FIVE ROW ANIMAL DRAWN MULTI CROP PLANTER

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Title DEVELOPMENT OF LIGHT WEIGHT FIVE ROW ANIMAL DRAWN MULTI CROP PLANTER
 
Creator Dhruwe, Navneet Kumar
 
Contributor Victor, V.M.
Verma, A.K.
Naik, R.K.
Mishra, N.K.
Sonboir, H.L.
 
Subject ANIMAL, MULTI CROP PLANTER,
Farm Machinery, Power Engineering
 
Description This study was undertaken to design, fabricate and evaluate the performance of a prototype animal drawn planter capable of planting chick pea, green gram, pigeon pea, ground nut and wheat seeds at predetermined spacing and depths. Physical properties of seeds involved in the study were investigated to optimize the design of the planter’s components. The prototype light weight five row animal drawn multi crop planter, consisting of a frame, seed hopper, seed metering devices, seed tube/spout, drive wheels and 'T' type furrow opener. The row spacing is adjustable. It has been kept 20, 25 and 30 cm. The light weight five row animal drawn multi crop planter have overall dimension 1600 mm x 1000 mm x 1240 mm, height of hopper from ground level was 900 mm and total weight of the machine was 56 kg. Calibration of planter for chick pea, green gram, pigeon pea, ground nut, wheat seeds and granular fertilizer (DAP) was carried out. The average seed rate under laboratory testing of developed planter for chick pea (JG74), green gram (BM4), pigeon pea (PUSA855), ground nut (GG3), wheat (GW273) and fertilizer (DAP) were found to be 81.84, 17.92, 19.85, 98.58, 115.68 and 103.77 kg/ha respectively. The desired opening exposure scale was identified 5, 7, 7, 2, 4 and 6 with metering roller No. 3, 4, 4, 2, 5 and 3 respectively for above mentioned crops. The light weight five row animal drawn multi crop planter was tested for planting of chick pea, green gram, pigeon pea, wheat and ground nut crop in the kharif season. The performances were evaluated in terms of percent seed miss index (MISI, % seed skip), per cent seed multiple index (MULI, % redundancy), seed rate of the selected seed, depth of planting, plant count/stand, field capacity, field efficiency, labour cost and economics owning and operating. The investigation revealed that the sphericity of chick pea, green gram, pigeon pea, wheat and ground nut were 59%, 75%, 84%, 82% and 69% respectively. Per cents of visible mechanically seed damaged by the planter were 0.03, 0.03, 0.04, 0.01 and 0.07 for wheat, chick pea, green gram, pigeon pea and ground nut, respectively. The developed planter, sown acceptable plant population within the row of 2 m. According to roller design, the desired number of plant for wheat, chick pea, green gram, pigeon pea and ground nut crops were obtained 18, 18, 18, 12 and 12 respectively. The plant population was found to be 17, 16, 14, 14 and 12 plants within rows of 2 m length for wheat, chick pea, green gram, pigeon pea and ground nut, respectively, compared to desired number of plant population are 18, 18, 18, 12 and 12 plants for wheat, chick pea, green gram, pigeon pea and ground nut, respectively. The mean field capacity, field efficiency was found to be 0.22 ha/h (4.5 h/ha) and 79.78% respectively. The speed of operation was 1.75 km/h and the average draft required to pull the multi crop planter was 43.21 kgf. The only cost of the machine was determined as Rs 10940/-. The cost of operation was found to be Rs 321.78 per ha. Based on the performance evaluation results, it was concluded that the prototype planter can be efficiently, effectively and economically used by the majority of farmers.
 
Date 2016-12-16T10:36:14Z
2016-12-16T10:36:14Z
2016
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier 117 p.
http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/90457
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur