This PSEB 8th Class Agriculture Notes Chapter 9 Care and Maintenance of Farm Machinery will help you in revision during exams.
PSEB 8th Class Agriculture Notes Chapter 9 Care and Maintenance of Farm Machinery
→ After the cost of land, the next heavy investment is in farm machinery.
→ Proper maintenance of the machinery increases in working life.
→ Farm machines are of three types.
→ The first category of machines is of prime movers e.g. tractors, engines, motors, etc.
→ The second type of machine is tractor or engine operated equipment, like, cultivators, happy seeder, disc harrows, seed cum fertilizer drill Etc.
→ The third type of machine is self-propelled machines, like, combine harvesters, paddy transplanted, etc.
→ The tractor is the head of the farm machinery.
→ Servicing of the tractor should be done after 10 hours, 50 hours, 125 hours, 250 hours, 500 hours, and 1000 hours.
→ The tractor should be got overhauled from a good workshop after using it for 4000 hours.
→ When the tractor is not required for the long term it should be stored properly.
→ Combine harvester should be maintained and stored like a tractor.