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ABE 10 Lecture - 01 Introduction

The document discusses the use of power sources in agriculture including human power, animal power, and mechanical power. It provides details on hand tool technology, animal draught technology, and mechanical power technology. It also lists common agricultural tasks that each power source is used for.

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ABE 10 Lecture - 01 Introduction

The document discusses the use of power sources in agriculture including human power, animal power, and mechanical power. It provides details on hand tool technology, animal draught technology, and mechanical power technology. It also lists common agricultural tasks that each power source is used for.

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11/3/2015

The use of any machine to accomplish a task


or operation involved in agricultural
production
Employs a combination of three main sources
of power (1) human, (2) animal and (3)
mechanical
ABE 41 Agricultural and Biosystems Power Engineering

Utilization Reduce drudgery of farm works


Manufacture
Increase the productivity of farm workers
Distribution
Provision of after sales service of tools, Increase the timeliness and quality of farm
implements, and machines work

1. Hand tool technology 2. Animal Draught Technology


A person can cultivate only 1 ha of land using A carabao can make a maximum sustained pull of
hand tools 10% of its weight for about 2-3 hours per day at a
normal speed of 0.6-0.8 m/sec

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3. Mechanical Power Technology In developing countries, distribution of


power sources used in agriculture is as
follows:
70% human power
20% animal power
10% engine power

• Plowing and land preparation

1. Tractive power to pull equipment • Planting and seeding

2. Rotative power to drive attached or drawn • Crop cultivation


equipment • Harvesting

• Hauling

• Water pumping

• Processing (milling, grinding, cutting, etc)

• Ensilage cutting

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