. Agricultural engineering; a text book for students of secondary schools of agriculture, colleges offering a general course in the subject and the general reader. Agricultural engineering. 232 AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING The accumulative drop, on the other hand, provides seed cells in the seed plate large enough to contain only one kernel at a time. The hill is formed by receiving in a receptacle the desired number of kernels from as many cells. The accumulative drop would appear at once to be the more. Fig. 142. A modern corn planter with long shoe furrow-openers, vari- able drop, and open whee
. Agricultural engineering; a text book for students of secondary schools of agriculture, colleges offering a general course in the subject and the general reader. Agricultural engineering. 232 AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING The accumulative drop, on the other hand, provides seed cells in the seed plate large enough to contain only one kernel at a time. The hill is formed by receiving in a receptacle the desired number of kernels from as many cells. The accumulative drop would appear at once to be the more. Fig. 142. A modern corn planter with long shoe furrow-openers, vari- able drop, and open wheels. accurate of the two types, and it may be demonstrated that it is, when seed corn graded to size is used. As the cell in the accumulative drop is made to contain one kernel only, it is evident that great care must be used in making the cell, and even then there will be difficulty in caring for odd-shaped kernels whose volume may not be much different from the average. These ill-shaped kernels are those from the butts and tips of the ears, and when an accumulative drop planter is used they must be Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Davidson, Jay Brownlee, 1880-1957. St. Paul, Minn. , Webb Pub. Co.
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