Combination seeder and fertilizer shovels for air seeding devices

Abstract

Abstract "COMBINATION SEEDER AND FERTILIZER SHOVELS FOR AIR SEED-ING DEVICES" ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Conventionally, seeding takes place after broad-casting of fertilizer or after side banding of the fertil-izer takes place. The former is inefficient and wasteful and the latter is of course inaccurate as it is difficult to locate the fertilizer in correct relationship to the seed. The present device comprises a shovel which in-cludes a plurality of seed outlets at the rear thereof and a plurality of fertilizer shanks depending from the underside of the shovel and having fertilizer outlets at the rear thereof and being situated longitudinally between the seeding outlets. The seed and fertilizer outlets are connected via manifolds to an air fertilizer and seeding device. This enables seed to be placed at one level and fertilizer to be side banded accurately at another lower level than the seed in one operation.

Inventors

• 👤 Ray Dyken

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