FIELD: agriculture and agricultural engineering.
SUBSTANCE: method involves compacting soil and imparting rough surface thereto during licorice postharvest period; cutting into agronomically valuable fractions of large lumps and soil aggregates while continuously advancing on strip surface and on slopes in the vicinity of ditch; moving soil therefrom into mid portion of ditch during strip soil compaction and forming groove-type drain with water-distributing slot along its axis; during extraction of licorice raw material, grinding 3-7% of root mass into 10-25 cm long pieces with one-five dormant auxiliary buds and leaving in mid portion of layer of strip to be harvested. Machine for extraction of licorice roots has frame, carrier wheels and undercutting device mounted on H-shaped bar and coupled to frame for automatic displacement into transport position. Drive members are disposed in longitudinal beams of H-shaped bar, which is additionally fixed on frame through variable length tie-rods. Machine is further equipped with toothed rotor driven from tractor. At least one of teeth located on mid portion of rotor is provided with replaceable knife, which is arranged on peripheral part of tooth, is made of inversion type and is provided with blade. Ratio of blade and rotor lengths is within the range of (0.03-0.07):1. Knife is mounted at tooth end by means of shaft and cut-off pin.
EFFECT: increased efficiency in rehabilitating population of licorice of local ecotypes in natural brushes and on long-term licorice plantations, reduced time intervals between harvesting periods, increased yield of epiterranean buds and improved productivity of raw licorice material.
7 cl, 7 dwg
