Laboratory Evaluation of Selected Animal Drawn Implement for the State of Meghalaya


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Authors

  • C S Sahay Sr. Scientist, Department of FMPHT, Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi
  • E V Thomas Associate Professor, Department of Ag&FE, IIT, Kharagpur
  • K K Satapathy Director, National Institute of Research on Jute & Allied Fibers, Kolkata
  • Arvind Kumar Scientist, ICAR Research Complex, Barapani, Meghalaya

Abstract

In order to match commonly used animal drawn implement used in North Eastern Hilly (NEH) region with available animate power sources; local plough, ridger plough and mould board plough were tested in an indoor instrumented soil bin. Unit draft of soil was calculated using draft of implement and cross sectional area of furrow opened. There was increase of 21.3, 86.2 and 94.2 N draft in case of local plough, ridger and mould board plough, respectively, when the speed of operation was increased from 0.49 to 0.99 m/s.

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Submitted

2012-01-10

Published

2011-06-05

Issue

Vol. 48 No. 2 (2011)

Section

Research Note

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Sahay, C. S., Thomas, E. V., Satapathy, K. K., & Kumar, A. (2011). Laboratory Evaluation of Selected Animal Drawn Implement for the State of Meghalaya. Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 48(2). https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JAE/article/view/14656