THISTLE

Category

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Cutter bar

Self-propelled harvester

Operation

Harvesting

Country

Local Name

Commodities

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Cabbage, Thistle

Cabbage

Energy Source

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Tractor drawn

Engine, petrol

Company

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Tainan District Agricultural Improvement Station, Taiwan

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Kobashi Kogyo Co., Ltd., Kubota Corporation and Yanmar Agricultural Equipment Co., Ltd., Japan

Description

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This bar is composed of a couple of serrated blades, height adjustables, that cut cabbages and thistles in the collar zone; the plants are subsequently manually gathering.

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The harvesters have a serrated, moving blade that cuts the plants in the collar zone and a conveyor belt that brings the cabbages cutted into a crate.

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