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Amritlal B. Agravat |
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Vill:Maliya(hatina), Dist:Junagad |
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Junagadh |
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Gujarat |
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Farm implement |
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| Title |
Wheat sowing plate |
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| Abstract |
Shri Amritbhai Agravat developed a unique plate or box (8' x 4' x 2') for sowing of wheat. One side of the box which opens the furrow in the soil is kept open and a small round hole is made for inerting of seed tube on the upper surface. Small hills are made on the inner side of the bottom. |
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Generally, wheat is sown by using narrow coulters of 2'-3.5' width in multipurpose `Santi'. Due to this, the plant grows close to each other within the narrow row, and the space between the two rows within a furrow remains more or less vacant this leads to ineffective use of the moisture.To use this moisture in the vacant space between two rows, Shri Amritbhai Agravat developed a unique plate or box (8' x 4' x 2') for sowing of wheat. One side of the box which opens the furrow in the soil is kept open and a small round hole is made for inerting of seed tube on the upper surface. Small hills are made on the inner side of the bottom. Grains drop from the seed tube through the hole in the upper surface on the hill mounted surface. The grains are interrupted by small hills during their movement towards the open end. This well arranged interruption causes uniform spreading of seeds at the outlet of the plate. A seed driller with this type of plate makes broad furrows but the distance between the centre of the two furrows remains the same as the case of the usual seed driller. The vacant space between two furrows can be utilized in this implement. Being an artisan as well as a farmer, he first used this device in his own field and harvested better yield due to better moisture utilization, good growth and tillering of plants at an earlier stage. Now a days many neighbouring farmers are using this plate fo wheat sowing. While clarifying doubts of the farmers and the scientists,he claimed that there is no need for using a higher seed rate by this method. However, it depends on the skill of the farmer who pours the seed in to the funnel. In ordinary coulters, seeds drop on top of each other,affecting the germination. In the case of plate coulters, the same amount of seeds spreads in wider furrows. |
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| Volume No. |
Honey Bee, 3(2):15, 1992 |
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| Call Number |
089/3204 |
