Lecture Eight Primary Tillage
Lecture Eight Primary Tillage
Lecture Eight Primary Tillage
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The size of the plough is represented by the width of the body and
the field capacity is around 0.4 ha per day of 8 hours.
1. Share - It is the working part of the plough attached to the shoe with
which It penetrates into the soil and breaks it open.
2. Shoe -It supports and stabilizes the plough at the required depth.
Ploughing accounts for more traction energy than any other field operation.
Mouldboard ploughs are available for Animals, power tiller and tractor
operation.
A)plough bottom - The part of the plough which actually cuts, lifts, pulverizes
and through the soil out of the furrow.
Draft , D = P cos θ
Where D = draft in kgf
P = pull in kgf
Θ = angle between line of pull and horizontal.
7) attachments.
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Study of farm machinery used for tillage
DISC PLOUGH
The action of a disc plough is similar to the mouldboard plough.
Disc plough cuts, Turns and in some cases breaks furrow slices by
means of separately mounted largeSteel concave discs.
It works well in loose soils also (such as peat) without much clogging.
Disc: it is a circular, concave revolving steel plate used for cutting and
inverting the soil.
Disc angle: it is the angle at which the plane of the cutting edge of the
disc is inclined toThe direction of travel . usually the disc angle of good
plough varies between 42° to 45°.
Tilt angle: it is the angle at which the plane of the cutting edge of the
disc is inclined to a vertical line. The tilt angle varies from 15° to 25° for a
good plough.
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CHISEL PLOUGH
Deep tillage shatters compacted sub soil layers and aids in better
infiltration and storage of rainwater in the crop root zone.
b) Semi-mounted implement