Cultivator-Mounted Fertilizer Applicator

Cultivator-Mounted Fertilizer Applicator CULTIVATORS Cultivators (58C) 26-2-3 "I needed a way to put down nitrogen fertilizer for my small grain crops. Most farmers use anhydrous ammonia, but I don't have enough acres to justify the cost of the application equipment. I was already pulling a 14-ft. grain drill behind my 14-ft., 3-pt. mounted field cultivator. I decided to mount a pair of dry fertilizer applicators on top of the cultivator. Now I can do all my tillage, seeding, and fertilizer work in one pass," says Edwin Egli, New Salem, N. Dak. The fertilizer applicators are off an old Kirschman grain drill. Egli modified the tank mounting brackets to fit the cultivator. The driveshafts on the applicator are chain-driven off a pair of rubber tires that ride on top of the cultivator's gauge wheels. "The fertilizer is broadcast ahead of the cultivator shovels and is worked into the soil immediately. Whenever I lift the cultivator, the gauge wheels clear the ground and the fertilizer attachment stops," says Egli. "Dry fertilizer is a little higher priced than anhydrous ammonia, but that cost is offset by saving a trip over the field." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Edwin G. Egli, 4825 County Road 139, New Salem, N. Dak. 58563 (ph 701 843-7380; E-mail: egli@westriv.com).

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