Farm Power And Machinery (1+1)

Sweep

It is an intercultural implement for removing shallow rooted weeds in between rows. The sweep consists of V shaped shovels with bevel edged wings. The shovels are held by the tynes fixed to a frame by means of counter sunk bolts and nuts. When the sweep is used for secondary tillage, five or six tynes may be clamped with the shovels in line having no gap in between them. By just skimming under the soil at a shallow depth of 2 to 3 cm, the sweep breaks the capillary in the soil pores and provides soil mulch. When the sweep is used for intercultural operations, the space between the shovels is adjusted to suit the row spacing of the crop and with different sizes of blades. The area covered by sweep is 1.75 to 2.5 ha/day.


The salient features of the unit are:


• Suitable for all row crops and soils; provides soil mulch and conserves soil moisture
• Suitable for inter cultural operations.