On the Mechanics of Root Vegetable Harvester (4)

A New Type of Root Vegetable Harvester

Abstract

As a root vegetable harvester for picking up roots with soil around them, a simple harvester which was consisted of a pair of disks arranged in parallel was developed. The harvesting performance for radishes and the adaptability to the six kinds of root vegetables which were various in the shape of main root were tested by mounting the harvester on a mid-mount type tractor.
As the results of experiments on the harvesting performance, it was recognized that the damages of radishes were not considerable and the harvesting efficiency was satisfactory. On the adaptability to the shape of main root, it was clarified that the harvester was adaptable to the various shapes of root, from the globular roots such as turnips to the cone roots such as long radishes.
From those results, it was expected that this harvester was useful for Japanese vegetable growers managing normal scale of farms.