Abstract:
Harvesting of wheat conventionally with sickle
is the most labour intensive operation in the
production of grain. The socio-economic and agroclimate conditions of the country have prevented
the adoption ofqestern type mowers and combines
for harvesting grain crop. Careful investigations
into the agricultural practices with special
reference to average farm size in Pakistan led to
the development of multipurpose, multicrop and
self-propelled University Reaper. This is a very
cheap unit and it can dolt one ha of wheat, rice
and forage crops with in 2.5 hours with an expenditure of rupees 75/ha. All the parts of this machine
except 6-7 h.p. gasoline engine have been fabricated
from locally available material and this machine is
being produced commercially by a Pakistani firm
Malbro International Collaborator of an Australian
firm Toft.
