Syllabus - Testing of Farm Machinery (AT-802 (A))

Agriculture Technology

Testing of Farm Machinery (AT-802 (A))

VIII-Semester

Importance and significance of testing and types of testing

Test equipment, usage and limitations. Test procedures and various test codes: National and International. Laboratory and field testing of tillage and sowing machinery: laser land leveler, m.b. Plough, disc plough, rotavator, cultivator, disc harrow, seed cum fertilizer drill & planter. Laboratory and field testing of manual & power operated intercultural machinery and plant protection machine. Laboratory and field testing of reaper, thresher and chaff cutter.Laboratory and field testing of tractor, straw combine & combine harvester. Review and interpretation of test reports. Importance and need of standardization of components of agricultural equipment.

Practicals

Reference Books

  • Barger EL, Liljedahl JB &McKibben EC. 1967. Tractors and their Power Units. Wiley Eastern.

  • Indian Standard Codes for Agril. Implements. Published by BIS, New Delhi.

  • Inns FM. 1986. Selection, Testing and Evaluation of Agricultural Machines and Equipment. FAO Service Bull. No. 115.

  • Mehta ML, Verma SR, RajanPardeep and Singh S K. 2019. Testing and Evaluation of Agricultural Machinery.Daya Publishing House, Delhi.

  • Nebraska Tractor Test Code for Testing Tractor, Nebraska, USA.

  • Smith DW, Sims BG & O’Neill D H. 2001. Testing and Evaluation of Agricultural Machinery and Equipment - Principle and Practice. FAO Agricultural Services Bull. 110.