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Title: [Testing and commercialization of a cotton stalk shredder and plow]. Technical progress report, October--December 1995

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/188542· OSTI ID:188542

This quarterly report describes work on Task 1: Field test and sell prototype to Ellis Equipment, Ltd; Task 2: Design, build, and field test two prototypes; and Task 3: Produce and sell Pegasus to farmers. The equipment has been built to shred stalks, deeply till the soil, and prepare seedbeds for cotton plants. The equipment has been field tested in Australia and is currently being field tested in California and Arizona. Unexpected problems appeared with hard dry soils and this report describes improvements made.

Research Organization:
Pegasus Machinery Co., Tucson, AZ (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FG01-95EE15637
OSTI ID:
188542
Report Number(s):
DOE/EE/15637-T2; ON: DE96005071; TRN: AHC29604%%18
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 27 Jan 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English