Performance Study of Multicrop Seed cum Ferti Drill

The performance of the multi crop seed cum ferti drill was evaluated over a 0.5 ha well prepared field at Etawah after paddy harvesting. The type of soil was silty loam having initial moisture content of 15.5% and the bulk density of experimental plot after seedbed preparation was 1.39 g/cm³. The average visible mechanical damage to wheat seeds was found nil. The average plant population (190 plants/m²) of seed sown by multi crop seed drill was approximately 3% higher than the plant population (185 plants/m²) of seed sown by zero till seed cum ferti drill and the two were at par. The average yield of the plots sown by multi crop seed drill was 40.35 qt/ha as compared to the average yield of 35 qt/ha for whole farm area, which was sown by zero till drill. It is more advantageous to use the multi crop seed cum ferti drill than any other seed drill, as it could be used for seeding of different crops e.g. wheat, pea, gram, mustard, green gram, etc. This increases its annual use hours and makes the machine economical as compared to other seed drills.