Effects of a mower-conditioner on herbage at forage harvesting
2001
Gonda, L. | Kunsky, M. | Gaborcik, N. (Vyskumny Ustav Travnych Porastov a Horskeho Polnohospodarstva, Banska Bystrica (Slovak Republic))
This paper presents results of field and laboratory trials testing a prototype (MD 5-K) swath conditioner integrated into a disc mower. The conditioner markedly destructed the plants and their leaf area at a range of 86.8-85.6 % of the treated swath. The destruction was sufficient for the required acceleration of the swath drying. A significant impact of the active working rotor parts was found in the conditioned swath in permanent grassland. A comparison under identical conditions showed that the swaths conditioned by MD 5-K dried and reached the final hay storage water content (200 g/kg) 3-3.5 fold faster than the swath without conditioning.
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