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Washing Equipment for Separating Weed Seed from Soil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Jack A. Thorsen  and
Garvin Crabtree
Jack A. Thorsen
Affiliation:
Dep. Hortic., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR 97331
Garvin Crabtree
Affiliation:
Dep. Hortic., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR 97331
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Abstract

A washer was designed and tested for washing soil from weed seed buried in fabric packets and for separating weed seed from soil. The washer was constructed from inexpensive, readily available materials and was found to function efficiently.

Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , January 1977 , pp. 41 - 42
Copyright
Copyright © 1977 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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