ISSN: 2277-9655 [Pal* et al., 5(11): November, 2016] Impact Factor: 4.116 IC™ Value: 3.00 CODEN: IJESS7 http: // www.ijesrt.com © International Journal of Engineering Sciences & Research Technology [491] IJESRT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES & RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY STUDY OF TILLAGE AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF ZERO SEED DRILL Ramesh Pal*, Ram Kumar, Ritesh Mishra, Sunny Bhatia and Ankur Singh Bist * Department of Agriculture Sciences and Engineering IFTM University Lodhipur Rajput, Delhi Road, Moradabad - 244102, (U.P) India DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.168434 ABSTRACT The performance evaluation of zero-seed-drill was carried out in an area of about 0.15 ha at Agricultural Engineering Farm of IFTM University Moradabad Uttar Pradesh. It was observed that there was no effect of stubble on the performance of zero-seed-drill. However, the loose straw spread on the surface offers some hindrance in the working of the drill. The standards test code was adopted. Each test was replicated minimum three times. Forward speed and depth and sowing were taken as independent variables while wheel slippage field capacity field efficiency, fuel consumption bulk density after operation, wheel slippage& weed count were taken as dependent variables. The wheel slippage at 2.0 km/hr and 3.0 cm depth was found tube 2.2% (minimum) and was found to be 4.43%(maximum) at 3.0km/hr speed and 4.0cm depth of sowing in case of the operation Field capacity was found to be highest of 0.2662 ha/h at 2.5km/hr. The bulk density was found to be 1.002 gm/cc (minimum) at 1.8 km/hr at 3.0 cm depth and maximum at 1.44gm/cc (maximum) at 2.5 km/hr at 4.0cm in case of operations. The distance between plants to plant was 11cm to 15cm after 45 days in maize and 10 to14 cm in ladyfinger after 45 days. Based on present study the following conclusions were drawn. The wheel slippage of drive wheel of tractor increased with increased in forward speed. It also increased with the increased in depth of operation. Field capacity increased with the increase in forward speed thereafter it decreased after the speed of 3 km/hr. Bulk density increased up to a depth of 4.5 after which it was increased with the increase in speed of operation. KEYWORDS: zero-seed-drill, forward speed, depth of sowing, and fuel consumption. INTRODUCTION Farm mechanization can play an important role for economic and social development. It acts as one of the best tools in improving the agriculture productivity of a country. Farm mechanization refers to the introduction of machine on agriculture land to accomplish different farm operations in order to get quicker, easier and higher Agricultural production. Hindus are said to have machine for seeding of crops. Sowing requires proper attention to place the seed in proper soil environment for germination. Tillage may be defined as the mechanical manipulation of the soil that is used to provide necessary soil conditions favorable to the growth of crops. Soil tillage cuts and breaks the compactness of soil, so as to enable the roots of the plants to penetrate and spread into the soil tillage improves the physical condition of the soil increases the water holding capacity and reduces soil erosion. Tillage destroys weeds and keeps the soil free from insects during the growth of crops. The evolution of tillage implements and machinery has been one of the most striking features in enhancing the use of machine in farming. These are various types of tillage operation such as Primary tillage, secondary tillage, strip tillage, rotary tillage, mulch tillage and combined tillage. Primary tillage constitutes the initial major soil working operation. It is normally designed in such a way, so as to reduce the soil strength, cover crop residues and rearranges. It refers to the operation performed to open up any cultivable land with to prepare a seed bed for growing crops. Secondary tillage refers to the tillage operations following primary tillage which are performed to create proper soil tilth for seeding and planting. These are lighter and finer operations which consists of conditioning the soil to