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Seedbed and Path Cultivator for Forest Tree Nurseries

During the summer of 1961 a revolutionary type of seedbed and path cultivator was put into use at the Elkton Nursery, which is located on a deep sandy loam soil with little change in elevation on the entire area. This equipment has worked extremely well for us. We hope the following information will help other nurserymen in their cultivating operations. This cultivator operates on a new concept; it works entirely at ground speed of the tractor. Generally, cultivators used in forest nurseries fall into two categories: Those that consist mainly of knives or blades to do the cutting and which are drawn behind a tractor, and those that are the revolving type which have a separate motor of their own for power.


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Author(s): Lyle A. Baker

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 52 (1962)