DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ANIMAL DRAWN SEED CUM FERTILIZER APPLICATOR FOR DIRECT SEEDED RICE
Journal Title: International Journal of Agricultural Science and Research (IJASR) - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
Direct seeding is one of the cultivation practices of rice crop. With the advancement in management practices, direct seeding of rice is being preferred over transplanting method, by a number of farmers. The existing eight row paddy drum seeder was suitable for line sowing of paddy crop but it requires high seed rate, human stress and there is no provision for fertilizer application. Therefore, to overcome high human stress and drudgery in rice cultivation, a low cost four rows animal drawn seed cum fertilizer applicator was designed and developed in the workshop at the department of Farm Power and Machinery Engineering, FAE, IGKV, Raipur which will be suitable for sowing seeds with fertilizers. It was tested in the laboratory and in the field with paddy seeds and fertilizer (DAP granules). It has two drums for applying seeds and two drums for applying fertilizer which were placed over a shaft. The power to the shaft was given through the ground wheel. Each drum had two rows with 25 cm spacing. The machine had four rows with the working width 100 cm and the average depth of seed and fertilizer was 4.80 cm. The seed and fertilizer rate was found 10.59 and 12.40 kg/ha respectively. The draft was measured 35.97 kgf and power was 0.23 kW which can be easily pulled by local draft animals. The operational energy was computed 94.38 MJ/ha. The effective field capacity of the machine was found 0.138 ha/h at an average speed of 2.26 km/hr and field efficiency was 61.57%. The estimated cost of the machine was Rs.3762 and the cost of operation was found Rs.304.13/ha. The overall weight of the whole machine was only 37 kg which is easy to operate and farmers can easily handle it.
Authors and Affiliations
KIPOO KIRAN SINGH MAHILANG, S. V. JOGDAND, PIYUSH PRADHAN
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