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Adaptation of a Commercial Type Wheat Drill for Nursery Seeding
Author(s) -
Porter Kenneth B.
Publication year - 1951
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1951.00021962004300060010x
Subject(s) - adaptation (eye) , seeding , agricultural experiment station , drill , agriculture , computer science , agronomy , biology , engineering , ecology , neuroscience , mechanical engineering
N seeders have been described by Grafius, by Hurlbut, Bell, and Dreier, and by Frey and Down in the June 1949, April 1950, and August 1950 issues of the AGRONOMY JOURNAL, respectively. The seeder described below differs from the above in that it is an adaptation of a drill used in commercial wheat production. The heavy Pullman clay loam of the Amarillo Conservation Experiment Station, the predominant soil type of the Texas High Plains, is somewhat difficult to work, and rapid drying of the surface soil after cultivation makes relative deep seeding necessary to obtain uniform stands of small grain. There are only a few days in the fall in many years when surface moisture is sufficient to obtain good stands promptly.