METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CULTIVATION OF HIGH-PROTEIN FODDER CROPS IN SMALL AREAS Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A01B79/02 A01C7/00 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: method of cultivation of high-protein fodder crops in small areas consists in that the preparing, processing, levelling of soil, strip sowing, post-sowing compacting is carried out. Soil preparation is carried out in a single pass as paring. Before sowing the seed disinfection is carried out by wetting them with anode water with acidity of 2-4 pH. Then the seeds are dried in a stream of air to the normal amount of moisture for 10-12 hours. Sowing is carried out on stubble pre-loosened to mulch, with irrigation seeds with catholyte with pH 9-11. The grains of corn or sunflower for grain-haylage are seeded with row spacing of 90-120 cm to form a corridor, in which the seeds of two varieties of high-protein crops are simultaneously seeded with alternation of strips, with a width of rows up to 15 cm. In subsequent years the cross alternation of crops is carried out. The method is carried out using the device which comprises a power unit, a rotary cultivator, a compacting roller, seed hoppers, a drill tube and an opener. The device is also equipped with a hoe blade placed in front of the opener, and a valve mechanism for opening and closing the seed channel located at the end of the opener. The ripper is made in the form of a rotary grinder with knives of mowing type attached perpendicular to its teeth, and is placed over the runner boot. In addition, the device is equipped with a tank for catholyte, mounted on the frame in front of the power unit, and dispensers with nozzles mounted under the sub-frame and connected to the tank by pipelines.

EFFECT: invention enables to reduce energy consumption and to increase productivity of crops sown together.

2 cl, 4 dwg