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HARVESTING THE POTATO CROP

... leaving the full row width clear of clod. The wider the row, of course, the fewer rows there are to the acre. The harvester does not have to travel so far 20 per cent shorter with 36 in. rows than with 28 in. rows. The wider apart the ...

ERNEST A. WEBB LTD

... 3 in., 4 in. and 5 in. Up to 12-row models can be supplied. Drilling speed up to 5 m.p.h. depending on seed spacing. Suitable for direct mounting of band spraying equipment. Standard tool bar 10 ft. 10 in. Minimum row widths 10 inches with drive wheels ...

Mechanising vegetable growing

... between the rows decreased and that the use of closely spaced rows enabled the root size to be controlled by varying the plant density. Machinery at present available will not permit the whole of a field to be cropped using very closely spaced rows so the ...

IN THE FIELD

... land, a 60 hp tractor could handle the 16 row version at speeds up to 8 mph and, again, a 65-70 hp tractor for the 20 row model. The 16 row version is intro duced at a recommended price of £715 and the 20 row for £765. Full details from Internationa! ...

STANHAY (ASHFORD) LTD

... continuous line, or spaced groups. Pelleted seed can be drilled, without damage. Any row width from 1 upwards. Bed systems can be easily arranged. Tandem drills for close rows or high density. i SPECIALIST FREE SERVICE Advice and data available on seeds, drills ...

Spring work in sugar beet

... soil from the row of tender seedlings, so leaving the beets on a drought-prone ridge, can be a bad policy. For a down-the-row thinner it can be a disaster if one hopes for, say, 30,000 plants per acre, because often whole blocks of the row get taken out ...

ALPHA-ACCORD LIMITED

... GRASS SEEDS TO BEANS WITHOUT ALTERATION. 12 COULTER STAGGER. 12 CWT TANK CAPACITY. ONLY ONE METERING DEVICE. FROM 29 ROW TO 64 ROW. THE SEEDS ARE EQUALLY DIVIDED AND CARRIED Get further details from:_ ...

MEETING THE PROCESSOR'S SPECIFICATIONS

... 12 rows per bed) gave over 70 per cent in the canning grade compared with only 13\ per cent in the non-treated plot. Canning carrots being harvested at Sandwich where the growers, Messrs. Rice and Meyler, have plumped for 14-in. beds with 12 rows per ...

Growing carrots for the can

... three units was used to give 8 in. beds, each containing seven rows with two-inch gaps between the second and third and fifth and sixth rows and an inch between the others. The outside rows had a slightly higher seed rate to compensate for the effect of ...

Specialisation to cut labour costs

... of plant beds were drilled in 20 in. rows at seed rates ranging from 4^- to 8 lb. per acre depending on variety. The plants were put in with six- row planters at a row spacing of 28 in. with 21 to 24 in. in the rows. Each planter was fitted with a Horstine ...

WEBB

... ML S. ERNEST A. WEBB LTD. Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk. Telephone: Exning (0638 77) 206 I light work of I I inter-row I I cultivation I Nicholson hoes have a reputation for quality and good design and it's easy to see why. Here are some of their outstanding ...

Wysall Tractor Co. Ltd

... Wysall Tractor Co. Ltd. Tel: Wymeswold 249 Circle 127 on Reader Service Card 1. 15ft of 24 trough belt elevator 2. Feeding 8 rows of 5 discs with l£ spacing 3. Rubbish falling on to a 16 wide reversible cross conveyor 4. Potatoes are fed from the discs ...