Double crop planter, sprayer and topper
OwnerEmmett W. Parramoreinventor
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Abstract
A high ground clearance tractor during one pass through rows of a standing crop, such as corn, opens a small furrow for a second crop, such as beans, plants the second crop, sprays suitable chemicals on the new crop, and trims the tops of the existing or standing crop. A large energy savings is realized compared to using separate machines for the required operations. The machine is particularly useful in regions having a long growing season. Two rows of a second crop can be planted between each adjacent pair of rows of the existing crop.
Claims13
A planting machine comprising a high ground clearance vehicle, power implement hitches on the forward and rear ends of such vehicle, a planter apparatus carried by the power implement hitch at the forward end of the vehicle, said planter apparatus comprising plural side-by-side planter assemblies, pivoted support arms independently suspending the planter assemblies from the forward power hitch, a seed box common to the planter assemblies on the forward power hitch, and gage wheels on the lower ends of said support arms, standing row crop topper units carried by said rear power hitch in laterally spaced relationship, and a row crop sprayer means on said vehicle including a spray boom common to the planter assemblies and plural depending spray nozzles rearwardly of the planter assemblies at an elevation thereabove and well forwardly of the topper units.
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