Growers can minimize tuber bruising during harvesting by eliminating all of the soil with the primary chain. Then keep the other chains as full of tubers as possible without spill-out, rollback, or back-feeding. This bulletins explains in detail, with tables and mathematical equations, how to achieve less tuber bruising by adjusting the harvesting equipment. 8 pages.
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Title
Potato Harvester Chain Speed Adjustment
Creators
G. M. Hyde (Author)
Robert Earl Thornton (Author)
J. A. Francis (Author)
Michael J. Gamroth (Author)
Ronald E. (Ronald Eldon) Hermanson (Author)
Academic Unit
Publications, WSU Extension
Series
Extension bulletin (Washington State University. Extension); EB1558
Publisher
Washington State University Extension; Pullman, Washington
Identifiers
99900502540601842
Copyright
In copyright ; openAccess ; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ ; http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess