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040			_cNDC
086			_a00056-GG
100			_aKemp, D.C.
100			_aMatthews, M.D.P.
111			_aSeminar on the Mechanization of Farms in Hot Countries
245			_aMechanization of banana growing: field conveyor and other equipment for banana production
260			_c25 September 1975
300			_a11 p.
300			_bill.
520			_a The development of a field conveyor system for banana is described and the results of laboratory test on components are given. The conveyor is an adaptation of a well-known transport principal - that of carrying loads on rolling hooks which travel along a stationary tensioned wire - to suit the particular requirements of banana production and the terrain in the Windward Islands. The system is operated by pedestrians pulling trains carrying 10-20 stems of bananas. Equipment has been devised to permit operation on slopes up to 1 in 2.5 and with the conveyor wire unsupported over obstacles up to 120m wide. An economic appraisal has shown that the reduction in labour costs and improvement in fruit quality likely to occur when the conveyor is introduced to an area of pure stand banana, are such that it would show a worthwhile return in crops average of higher yield. A machine for applying wettable fungicide powder to cut hands of banana fruit is described. Mention is made of other small tools (nematicide applicators and pruners).
556			_aGeneral
650			_aBANANAS
650			_aAGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT
650			_aAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
650			_aAGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION
650			_aAGRICULTURAL MACHINERY
942			_h07.07.05 _2NDC _cGL
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