1Department of Soil Science, S.V.P.U. of Ag. & Tech, Meerut
2Department of Ag. Engg. & Food Technology, S.V.P. U. of Ag. & Tech, Meerut
Department of Ag. Engg., SCRIE&T, CCS University, Meerut
Online published on 6 September, 2012.
Three weeding tools C.I.A.E. wheel hand hoe, A.A.I. wheel hand hoe with sweep blade and rake with 3 forks and khurpi were tested for their working performances conducted on farmer's fields to find out the performance In terms of weeding index, field efficiency, man-h/ha, field capacity and ratio of man-h in three crops viz; chilli, brinjal and tomato were tested under three weeding conditions. Average weeding efficiency for khurpi was maximum 97.74% with respect to other emplements because it covers more area near to the plant roots but for hoes it was max. 94.41% for C.I.A.E. wheel hand hoe. Average field efficiency was maximum 85.46% for C.I.A.E. wheel hand hoe where as the average field capacity was max. 8.36xl 0′3 ha/hr and average ratio of man-h was mim. 1:2.28 for A.A.I. wheel hand hoe with 3-forks. It was found that average cost of weeding per ha for A.A.I. wheel hand hoe with rake with 3 forks was minimum Rs. 687.30 and maximum Rs. 1473.33 for khurpi.
Hoes, Weeding, Field efficiency, Soil moisture content
