Combine
What is a combine used for?
Why is soil helpful?
Soil supports plant growth, it contributes to production of medicine, and it is essential for human structures because it filters and purifies water, reduces flooding, and regulates the atmosphere.
What is irrigation?
The artificial application of water to land.
What are grains for?
grain is an important staple food, it's also the harvested seed of grasses (most carbs)
Where is the Auger platform head located on the combine?
At the front of the combine. This is an alternative to draper headers for combines harvesters, it has a horizontal auger that feeds crop material from the cutter bar into auger table.
What is a Disk chisel?
A farming tool designed for deep tillage, combining the soil-turning power of a chisel plow with the cutting of disc blades
what is the chemigation until for irrigation?
the injection any chemical such as nitrogen, phosphorus or a pesticide into irrigation water and applied to the land
What is a grain auger?
What is the belt pickup head of the combine?
A pickup header picks up crops rowed by windrowers (long, finger-like rakes). They collect the crops and transfer it to the belts to feed the auger.
What is a rotary hoe used for?
Decreases soil crusting and causes little soil compaction. In severe rain, the chances of soil crusting is high on fine soil after it dries.
How does the lateral irrigation system work?
water flows from the submains into the laterals and then out of the laterals into the soil.
What are grain bins used for?
What is the corn head for a combine?
For harvesting row crops such as corn, the head has pointed snouts which go between the rows of corn.
What is a soil sample bag?
A bag with a slice or core of soil, 4 inches deep for lawns, (6-8 deep for gardens), from 8-10 random locations across the lawn or garden, make sure its labelled after being mixed in the bag.
What is a traveling gun system in irrigation?
Used to spread manure, irrigate pastures, or water row crops.
What is a grain drill?
key for sowing crops in a precise and uniform way, it ensures accurate speed spacing and depth, resulting in better plant growth.
What is the draper header of the combine?
they drape the machine and feed crops to the central belt, this loads harvest into the combine for separation, they are useful for preventing pinching and slugging
What is a soil probe?
This tool is used to test and collect soil samples from depths.
What is the irrigation pivot?
The method of crop irrigation where equipment rotates around a pivot point and waters crops using sprinklers
What is a grain dryer?
a machine used to dry the grain of cereal, the seeds of grasses and veggie crop, and threshed clover