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Yield Booster For Soybeans
"I see no reason why it can't be adapted for use on soybeans," says George Smyth, Canadian farm equipment manufacturer who has introduced the new Smyth Bean Cutter.
Used primarily for edible beans, it severs plants just below the soil surface. "It's the first and only machine like it on the market," says Smyth,
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Yield Booster For Soybeans COMBINES Accessories 2-3-5 "I see no reason why it can't be adapted for use on soybeans," says George Smyth, Canadian farm equipment manufacturer who has introduced the new Smyth Bean Cutter.
Used primarily for edible beans, it severs plants just below the soil surface. "It's the first and only machine like it on the market," says Smyth, who notes that "the machine's rotating action is very gentle and therefore should be quite suitable for harvesting soybeans with a minimum of dirt in the beans. In our trials, the machine hasn't been bothered by rocks, mud or trash."
The Bean Cutter's 20 in. dia. cutter blades are the same as those used on a conventional disk. Each disk cuts bean plants ahead of it, then spins the cut material to the rear. The disk cutting the adjacent row turns in the opposite direction, thereby putting two rows into one for harvesting. A windrower can be pulled behind to pull several rows into a single swath:
The compact machine, available with 4 or 6 cutters (each cutter takes one row), can be mounted on the front or rear of a tractor and operates at up to 7 mph. Hydraulic motors power a chain drive which, in turn, drives the verticar mounted axle for each cutting disk. The machine is made in modules with two or three cutters making up each module. Each module "floats" and is equipped with a pair of adjacent cutting wheels for uniform operating depth on uneven ground. A divider can be used to move plants out of the way so they aren't trampled by the rear tractor wheels. The Bean Cutter is equipped with a drawbar and pto shaft extension for simultaneous "underground cutting" and multi-row windrowing of the crop.
Tractor hydraulic requirements are 5 gpm for the 4 row model and 10 gpm for the 6 row model. Suggested list price is $2,595 for the 4 row cutter, and $2,895 for the 6 row.
For more details, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, George Smyth, Welding and Machine Shop, Route 2, Auburn, Ont., Canada MOM 1 EO (nh. 519-529-7212)
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