A crop lifter for the header assembly of an agricultural combine. The crop lifter includes a lifter arm in the form of a longitudinally elongated panel which has a lifting tip at its leading end. The panel is vertically oriented and has a crop lifting surface extending along its upper edge. Extending laterally of the panel are a pair of flexible crop lifting wings which expand the effective lifting area of the crop lifter. The crop lifting surface has an initially steep incline followed by a sha...

A crop residue spreader for a combine harvester is pivotally mounted to the combine for rotation about a transverse axis. The spreader has a spreading position in which crop residue is spread over a wide area at the rear of the combine. The spreader is rotatable about the transverse axis to a raised windrowing position to allow the residue to fall to the ground in a windrow for later collection. The disks of the spreader are covered by shrouds above and to the sides to reduce the upward dispersa...

For marking a field with unseeded rows during seeding, the seed box of a seed drill is equipped with a valve unit mounted inside the box for shutting off seed flow to one of the seed cups during selective passes. A control system for the unit allows the shut-off to be automatic, after a selective number of passes have been completed, or manual as selected by the operator, The unseeded rows are used after germination for guiding a crop sprayer so that there will be no spray overlap and no gaps be...

A crop or produce cutting assembly for mounting in a combine header, which assembly is characterized by multiple cutter blades mounted by means of a pair of blade mount brackets on the platform of the combine header, such that the cutter blades are located in close proximity to the combine cross auger. The blades serve to cut vines associated with crop or produce such as soybeans which tend to wrap around the rotating cross auger and reduce efficient processing of the crop through the combine. I...

A farm implement having a frame and a plurality of row units mounted on the frame with each row unit including a tool. Each row unit has at least one gauge wheel associated therewith with a spring urging each gauge wheel into contact with the soil to be worked by the tools. A single trash blade rotatably is mounted on an arm pivotally mounted on the frame associated with each gauge wheel ahead of the associated tool. A spring continually urges each trash blade toward contact with the soil ahead ...

A harvesting apparatus for use with fragile row crops such as tobacco where the produce or leaves must be handled with great care to avoid breakage or bruising. The apparatus has a conveyor system and gathering chains which receive the tobacco from a cutter and engage the stalks and the leaves separately to convey the tobacco to a processing point. A specially designed dual conveyor system contacts the leaves on two sides to adequately support and transport the tobacco without damage.

A baler belt system for use primarily in round crop baling machines, includes an elongated elastomeric belt that is adapted for rolling engagement with one or more drive, idler, and tensioner rollers of the type normally used in a round crop baling machine. There are one or more sets of cleaning bars disposed on the inner and outer surfaces of the belt. Each set includes one or more flexible cleaning bars that deform during rolling contact with the various rollers. As the cleaning bars lose cont...

Plant-protecting active ingredient mixtures having synergistically enhanced action, wherein component I is a compound having plant-immunising action of formula I ##STR1## wherein Z is CN, COOH or a salt thereof, CO--OC.sub.1 --C.sub.4 alkyl or CO--SC.sub.1 --C.sub.4 alkyl; and wherein component II is a compound selected from the group A) 4-[3-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)acryloyl]morpholine ("dimethomorph"); B) 5-methyl-1,2,4-triazolo[3,4-b][1,3]benzothiazole ("tricyclazole"); and C) ...

A device adapted to be secured to the trunk of a tree, the device serving to catch the fruit from the trees and protect the fruit from animals, the device including a mesh dome having a rounded closed top and an open bottom. The open bottom defines a circumference, and a slit defines an opening to the mesh dome. The slit is perpendicular to the circumference of the open bottom. The device further includes a circular mesh dish having an outer circumference and an inner centrally located aperture....

A crop divider assembly is provided for use on the row crop header of a combine or the like, and includes an elongated, hollow, double-walled divider and a similarly constructed snout. The divider includes longitudinally opposed proximal and distal ends, and defines a central groove extending longitudinally from the distal end toward the proximal end. The snout includes an upper proximal end, an opposed lower distal end, a semi-conical top wall, and a bottom wall defining a centrally disposed de...