Great Plains 800 Material Rate - Manual (Page 2)

ii 800 Cover Main Box Rates Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
2011-10-25 Cover Main Box Rates 175-057B
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Table of Contents
Introduction .................................................................. 1
Models Covered............................................................. 1
Document Family ........................................................... 1
Main Box Seed Rate..................................................... 2
Setting Drive Type ..................................................... 2
Main Box Seed Rate Handle...................................... 3
Position Seed Cup Doors........................................... 3
Main Seed Row Shutoff ............................................. 3
Reading a Seed Rate Chart ....................................... 4
Main Box Seed Rate Calibration ................................ 5
Rate Charts, Main Seed Box ......................................... 8
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)............................................ 8
Bahia Grass (Paspalum notatum) .............................. 8
Barley (Hordeum vulgare) .......................................... 9
Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)....................... 10
Buffalograss (Buchloe dactyloides).......................... 11
Bermuda Grass (Cynodon dactylon)........................ 12
K-31 Fescue (Festuca) ............................................ 12
Flax (Linum usitatissimum) or Sudan
(Sorghum bicolor subsp. drummondii) ................. 13
Eastern Gamma Grass - Pete
(Tripsacum dactyloides) ....................................... 14
Kentucky Blue Grass (Poa pratensis) ...................... 14
Millet (Pennisetum glaucum, Setaria italica,
Panicum miliaceum, Eleusine coracana) ............. 15
Milo (Sorghum) ........................................................ 16
Oats (Avena sativa) ................................................. 16
Orchard Grass Potomac (Dactylis glomerata) ......... 17
Peas (Pisum sativum) .............................................. 18
Pinto Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) ............................ 19
Rape (Brassica napus) ............................................ 20
Rice, Long Grain (Oryza sativa indica) .................... 20
Rice, Short Grain (Oryza sativa japonica,
Oryza sativa sinica).............................................. 21
Rye (Secale cereale) ............................................... 22
Perennial Rye Grass - Palmer
(Lolium perenne, Lolium multiflorum) ...................23
Soybeans (Glycine max)...........................................24
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus).................................24
Tiffany Teff, Coated (Erogrostis tef)..........................25
Wheat (Triticum) .......................................................26
Wheatgrass (Pascopyrum smithii,
Agropyron elongatum) ..........................................27
Small Seeds Rate........................................................28
Small Seeds Rate Calibration.......................................28
Small Seeds Row Shut-Off ...................................30
Small Seeds Rate Charts .............................................31
Alfalfa, Red Alsike, Crimson Clover..........................31
Kentucky Bluegrass,
Fescue, Annual Rye Grass ...................................31
Bermuda, Red Top, Lespedeza Unhulled,
Sercia, Sand, Weeping Love Grass......................31
Red & Sweet Clover, Lespedeza Hulled...................31
Orchard Grass ..........................................................31
Millet, Reed Canary ..................................................32
Ladino Clover, Canary Grass,
Timothy, Canola....................................................32
Birdsfoot, Trefoil, Sudan ...........................................32
Fertilizer Rate..............................................................33
Setting Fertilizer Rate ...................................................33
Fertilizer Rate Chart .....................................................33
Fertilizer Rates in Pounds per Acre ..........................33
Metric Fertilizer Rate Chart.......................................33
Adjusting for Density.....................................................34
Density Conversion Charts .......................................34
U.S. Customary Units ...............................................34
Metric ........................................................................34
Fertilizer Rate Calibration .........................................35
Appendix .....................................................................37
Metric Rate Charts, Main Seed Box .............................37
Metric Rate Charts, Small Seeds Box ..........................58