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1977
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Close socialist team-work between science and practice has allowed to develop a complex technology for grass seed handling by which raw seeds of up to 45 % moisture content, as received from the combine harvester, are dried and cleaned. The raw seeds are stored in a fully mechanized, ventilated section for pre-drying. Then, the seed crop is pre-cleaned, dried, and finally cleaned to be ready for dispatch, these operations being done in a continuous process. Apart from grass seeds, other small-seeded crops and coarse-seeded legumes can be handled by this plant. For coarse-seeded legumes it is especially the short distance of transport and the reduced height of fall that have a positive effect on the preservation of seed quality. The pre-cleaning and final cleaning machines used in the plant are manufactured by GDR farm machinery firms. The flow-bed dryer for small seeds and the spreaders and cleaning devices on the silo have been developed by or on order of the lngenieurbiiro der VVB Saat- und Pflanzgnt (Engineering Centre of Association of Nationally Owned Enterprises for Seed and Planting Stock).
Citation
Pohler, Hermann, "A complex system of grass seed drying and cleaning" (1977). IGC Proceedings (1977-2023). 48.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1977/sess2/48)
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A complex system of grass seed drying and cleaning
Close socialist team-work between science and practice has allowed to develop a complex technology for grass seed handling by which raw seeds of up to 45 % moisture content, as received from the combine harvester, are dried and cleaned. The raw seeds are stored in a fully mechanized, ventilated section for pre-drying. Then, the seed crop is pre-cleaned, dried, and finally cleaned to be ready for dispatch, these operations being done in a continuous process. Apart from grass seeds, other small-seeded crops and coarse-seeded legumes can be handled by this plant. For coarse-seeded legumes it is especially the short distance of transport and the reduced height of fall that have a positive effect on the preservation of seed quality. The pre-cleaning and final cleaning machines used in the plant are manufactured by GDR farm machinery firms. The flow-bed dryer for small seeds and the spreaders and cleaning devices on the silo have been developed by or on order of the lngenieurbiiro der VVB Saat- und Pflanzgnt (Engineering Centre of Association of Nationally Owned Enterprises for Seed and Planting Stock).
