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100			_913551 _aDixit, Anoop
245			_aDevelopment and Evaluation of a Wide-Bed Former for Vegetable Cultivation in Controlled Tractor Traffic
250			_aVol,99(3), September
260			_aKolkata _bSpringer _c2018
300			_a449-452p.
520			_aIndia is the second largest producer of vegetables in the world. For vegetable cultivation, a good seed bed preparation is an important task which involves 6–10 different operations. To tackle the issue of multiple operations, a prototype of tractor operated wide bed former was developed and evaluated. The machine comprises of a rotary tiller and a bed forming setup. It forms bed of 1000 mm top width which is suitable as per the track width of an average sized tractor in India. The height of the beds formed is 130 mm whereas the top and bottom width of channel formed on both sides of the bed is 330 and 40 mm respectively at soil moisture content of 12.5–16% (db). The forward speed of 2.75 km/h was observed to be suitable for proper bed formation. The average fuel consumption of the machine was 5.9 l/h. The average bulk density of soil before and after the bed formation was 1.46 and 1.63 g/cc respectively. Field capacity of the machine was found to be 0.31 ha/h. The machine resulted in 93.8% labour saving and 80.4% saving in cost of bed preparation as compared to conventional farmer practice. Overall performance of wide-bed former was found to be satisfactory.
650		0	_94621 _aCivil Engineering
700			_913552 _aKhurana, Rohinish
773	0		_x 2250-2149 _tJournal of the institution of engineers (India): Series A _dSwitzerland Springer
856			_uhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40030-018-0305-8 _yClick Here
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