Improved sugar beet harvester: Gives high quality performance but more development required

Powers, J

Improved sugar beet harvester: Gives high quality performance but more development required

Author

John B. Powers

Author Affiliations

J. B. Powers is Associate Agricultural Engineer in the Experiment Station, Davis.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 2(5):3-12. DOI:10.3733/ca.v002n05p3. May 1948.

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Abstract

A sugar beet harvester developed at Davis and tested in dry, peat-loam soil at Clarksburg, October 16, 1947, gave 93.7% root recovery and only 6.8% dirt pickup.

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