International Journal of Farm Sciences

Open Access
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 4

Field validation of drudgery-Reducing spiral grain separator

  • Author:
  • Rajeshwari Desai, Priya Sajjan1
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 110 to 114

Main Agricultural Research Station, Dharwad, 580005, Karnataka, India

1Department of Family Resource Management, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 580005, Karnataka, India

Abstract

Spiral grain separator, a manually-operated machine is cost-effective that requires minimum maintenance. All round-shaped grains like green gram, black gram, soybean, Bengal gram etc can be cleaned and graded at the range of 15–30 minutes per quintal with this machine. Being time-and labour-saving and drudgery-reducing farm implement it can be of best use to the farmers.

Keywords

Field validation, drudgery, spiral grain separator