Machinery Flashcards
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Tractor
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Used to operate a variety of implements.
2
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Conditioning Mower
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- Used to cut grass for hay or silage production.
- Crimps/crushes the grass to promote faster drying.
3
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Tedder
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- The forks move to spread out and aerate the cut grass.
- This speeds up the drying process reducing the moisture content.
- Crucial in haymaking but can also be used in silage making.
4
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Baler
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- Compresses cut grass into compact bales.
- Used in silage and hay production.
5
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Wrapper
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- The bale rotates pulling wrap around the bale.
- Used in silage making.
6
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Bale handler
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- Used to transport bales for stacking and storage.
7
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Plough
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- Breaks up and turns over soil.
- Used in seed bed preparation.
8
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Subsoiler
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- Loosens and breaks up soil deeper than a plough.
- Used in seedbed preparation and to break up hard pans in soil.
9
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Rotovator
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- Cuts, breaks up and levels the soil.
- Used in seedbed preparation.
10
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Harrow
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- Breaks up and smoothens out the top layer of soil.
11
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Combine drill
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- Inserts both a seed and fertiliser into the soil at sowing.
12
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Roller
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- Rolls and presses the soil to ensure good soil-seed contact.
13
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Combine harvester
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- Cuts crops, separates the straw from the grain and collects the grain leaving the straw on the ground.
- Used for harvesting cereals.
14
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Destoner
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- Removes stones from the soil and deposited them in a row along the side.
- Mainly used in seedbed preparation for potatoes.
15
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Ridger
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- Creates drills and ridges for potato production.
16
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Potato planter
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- Creates two slits in the ground and places potato seeds inside.
17
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Potato harvester
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- Lifts the potatoes from the ground and separates them from the soil.
18
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Sprayer
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- Used to spray crops with liquid chemicals.
19
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Fertiliser spreader
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- Used for spreading fertiliser.
20
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Slurry spreader
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- Spreads slurry in pasture to add nutrients to the soil.
21
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Muck spreader
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- Spreads FYM in a pasture to add nutrients to the soil.
