Book Detail:
Language: English
Pages: 228
Author: TNAU
Price: Free
All TNAU Notes
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Course Outline: Farm Power and Machinery (FMP-211)
- Farm Power in INDIA – Human, Animal, Mechanical and Electrical Energy Sources and their Use in Agriculture
- Two Stroke and Four Stroke Engines, Working Principles, Applications- Types, Power and Efficiency
- Different Systems of IC Engine- Cooling, Lubricating, Fuel Injection Systems
- Tractors- Types and Utilities
- Tillage- Objectives and Types Furrow terminology and Methods of Ploughing. Field Capacity and Field Efficiency
- Primary Tillage- Objectives, Mouldboard Plough, Disc Plough, Chisel Plough, Subsoiler, Components and Functions, Types, Advantages and Disadvantages
- Secondary Tillage Equipment– Harrows, Land Forming Equipment-Rotavators- Wetland Equipment – Puddlers and Manure Tramplers – cage wheels
- Sowing method- Seeds Drills, Seed Cum Fertilizer Drills- Components and Functions
- Paddy Transplanters, Types, Working Principle, Field and Nursery Requirements
- Implements for Intercultural Operations- Hoes, Long Handles Weeders, Cultivators and Rotary Tillage
- Sprayers and their Functions, Classification, Manually Operated Sprayers, Power Sprayers-Dusters, Types and Uses Sprayers
- Harvesting Tools and Equipment- sickles, Paddy Reapers and Combine- Harvesting Machinery for Groundnut, Tuber Crops-Sugarcane Harvesters
- Tools for Horticultural Crops- Propagation Tools, Planters and Harvesting Tools and Machinery
- Equipment for Land Development and soil conservation- Dozers, Levelers, Chisel plough, Sub Soil Plough, Blade Harrow, Bund Former Land Leveling
- Cost of Operation of Farm Machinery- Problem Solving Tractor and implement selection for different Agricultural Operations
