The effect of stone windrowing on potato harvesting

Misener, G. C.; McLeod, C. D.

doi:10.1007/bf02852945

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“…The concept of separating stones and clods from the potato sowing beds and conveying them to the wheel track area was introduced by Sides and Smith in 1967. This technique was widely adopted at the time in Europe for potato production in stony fields (Misener et al, 1986). While stone picking or stone crushing modifies the soil characteristics by reducing the size or quantity of stones and clods, stone-clod separation, or SMC as named in Japan, mainly redistributes them within the potato planting area.…”

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Stone-clod Separation and Its Application to Potato Cultivation in Hokkaido

Ichiki

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Yoshinaga

2013

Engineering in Agriculture, Environment and Food

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However, direct contact of stones and clods with potatoes in the harvester causes considerable damage to potato tubers during mechanical harvesting (Yamada, 2007).Consequently, a soil mechanical conditioning (SMC) technique that removes the stones and clods from beds before sowing potato crops has been adopted in Hokkaido. This technique removes the stones and clods from the sowing beds, greatly decreasing the quantity of unwanted material lifted into the machine during harvesting. The result is a reduced

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“…6). The stones discharged into the furrows provide an ideal wheel track for separating operations which should reduce machine-induced soil compaction (Misener et al, 1986).…”

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