Bulletin No.
251
Document Type
Bulletin
Department
Agricultural Engineering Department
Description
The work done on the combined harvester-thresher by this station during the past two seasons indicated that windrowing grain or similar method is likely to be a very desirable practice in South Dakota. Previous work indicates that a very large percentage of the high moisture content found in grain that was direct combined is due to green weeds. Pigeon grass and other weeds found in the stubble bottom, green tips from the Russian thistle and other weeds seem to be the source of most of this excess moisture. The windrow method would solve this problem and reduce the moisture content of the grain itself.
Keywords
farm power, combining grain, grain thresher
Pages
11
Publication Date
4-1930
Type
text
Format
application/pdf
Language
en
Publisher
South Dakota Experiment Station, South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts
Recommended Citation
Wiant, D.E. and Patty, R.L., "Combining Grain in Weed-Free Fields" (1930). Research Bulletins of the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (1887-2011). 251.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/agexperimentsta_bulletins/251