DEVELOPMENT OF TWO-ROW ANIMAL DRAWN SEED PLANTER
DEVELOPMENT OF TWO-ROW ANIMAL DRAWN SEED PLANTER
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2000-08
Authors
ISIAKA, MOSHUDI
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Abstract
In order to reduce operational drudgery and improve timeliness in planting
operation, a two-row animal drawn seed planter was developed. The results of field
performance test gave an average seed rate of 14.79 kg/ha, field capacity of 0.438 ha/hr,
plant to plant spacing of 36.2cm, seed placement depth of 3.95cm, germination count of
7 seedlings/m2, two seeds per hill and power requirement of 0.795 KW. The field capacity
for this planter is about twice that of one-row animal drawn planter and eight times that of
manual planting method. Other performance parameters are as comparable to these other
two methods of planting.
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BEING A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POST GRADUATE SCHOOL,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT
OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF
SCIENCE DEGREE IN AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
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AUGUST, 2000
Keywords
DEVELOPMENT,, TWO-ROW,, ANIMAL,, DRAWN,, SEED,, PLANTER