PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF MANUALLY OPERATED PUSH TYPE MULTI CROP PLANTER

D. SRIGIRI¹*, G. VEERAPRASAD², B. RAJKIRAN³, L. EDUKONDALU^4
1College of Agricultural Engineering, Sangareddy, Telangana, 502001
²AICRP on FIM, College of Agricultural Engineering, Bapatla, 522101
³Department of FMP, College of Agricultural Engineering, Bapatla, 522101
⁴Department of APFE, College of Agricultural Engineering, Bapatla, 522101
* Corresponding Author : srigiri.mallikarjuna@gmail.com

Received : 14-04-2016     Accepted : 30-04-2016     Published : 21-08-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 29       Pages : 1624 - 1626
Int J Agr Sci 8.29 (2016):1624-1626

Keywords : Planter, Red gram, Paddy, Evaluation, Cost of operation
Academic Editor : Karunya M
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

A manually operated push type multi crop planter was developed and was tested in laboratory as well as in field for crops viz., Bengal gram, red gram and paddy as per Indian Standard Test Code No. 6316:1993. The parameters like planter capacity, seed rate, field capacity, field efficiency and operation cost were determined. The capacity of the planter was found to be 2.25, 2.87 and 1.91 kg h-1 for Bengal gram, red gram and paddy respectively. The effective field capacity of the planter is found to be 0.087, 0.152 and 0.059 ha h-1 with a field efficiency of 77.33 %, 81.06% and 78.66 %respectively for Bengal gram, red gram and paddy. The seed rate was found to be 30.67, 24.76 and 36.26 kg ha-1 for Bengal gram, red gram and paddy respectively. The cost of operation of planter was found to be Rs. 474.99 ha-1, Rs. 271.60 ha-1 and Rs. 700.29 ha-1 for Bengal gram, red gram and paddy respectively with an operation cost of Rs. 41.34 per hour. The planter is useful for small and marginal farmers who cannot afford large machinery and for fields where large machinery is not suitable.