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Multi-Purpose Orchard Shaker/Power Plant, Lloyd Snell Sep 1993

Multi-Purpose Orchard Shaker/Power Plant, Lloyd Snell

Lloyd D Snell

A harvesting machine for nuts and stone fruits including an articulated body with a front part and a back part. A tree shaker head is detachable and couples to the front part of the harvesting machine by a C-frame mount. The articulated body with a low clearance provides necessary maneuverability in an orchard environment, while permitting the harvesting machine with the shaker head detached, to function as a general purpose orchard machine for mowing, spraying, brush clearing and other associated tasks. Specialized machinery for these tasks is no longer necessary.


Infiltration Rate Of A Sandy Loam Soil: Effects Of Traffic, Tillage, And Plant Roots, Burl D. Meek, Eric A. Rechel, Lyle M. Carter, William R. Detar, A. L. Urie Dec 1991

Infiltration Rate Of A Sandy Loam Soil: Effects Of Traffic, Tillage, And Plant Roots, Burl D. Meek, Eric A. Rechel, Lyle M. Carter, William R. Detar, A. L. Urie

William R DeTar

Settling and trafficking of a soil after tillage causes rapid changes in the soil physical condition until a new equilibrium is reached. In the soil studied, a Wasco (coarse-loamy, mixed, nonacid, thermic Typic Torriorthent) sandy loam, soil compaction reduces infiltration rates, which under grower conditions could result in inadequate infiltration of irrigation water to supply crop requirements. Our objective was to evaluate important management practices as they relate to changes in the infiltration rate of a sandy loam soil. Factors evaluated were traffic, tillage between crops, and the formation of channels by roots of perennial crops. Tillage between crops increased …