Subtopic: Functional requirements, principles of working, construction and operation of manual, animal, tractor and renewable energy operated equipment for tillage, sowing, planting, fertilizer application, inter-cultivation, spraying, mowing, chaff cutting, harvesting and threshing
Question Statement:
In animal-drawn moldboard plows, the horizontal suction governs the:
Options:
(A) Width of cut by taking proper furrow wall bite
(B) Depth of plow penetration into soil sole
(C) Tractor drawbar pull
(D) Speed of bullocks
Answer Key:
A
Step-by-Step Solution & Explanation
Horizontal suction (clearance of landside toward unplowed land) maintains uniform width of cut.