Design and construction of an animal drawn organic manure spreader.

Abstract

Currently organic manure is known to be the oldest manure used in agriculture up to date used by man ever since involved in farming. It consists of mainly of litter, waste products of crops mixed with animal dung and urine. Therefore, it contains all the nutrient elements present in the plant itself and returns these nutrients to the soil when it is applied to the field for the benefit of succeeding crop. The design and fabrication of animal drawn organic manure spreader include the different components that is to say, the power transmission system, main axle shaft, bullock cart chassis and frame, manure box, steel wheels with rubber padding and sliding plate. A pair of bullock acts as power sources for the hauling purpose. The animal walking speed is mainly decided to the power transmission of manure applicator, because rotor shaft rotation is directly related to the main axle shaft power is transmitted by 1:3 ratio of power reduction (main axle shaft: rotor shaft). The design and construction of the animal drawn organic manure spreader is aimed at reducing human drudgery, improve on the spreading uniformity, increase application rate when applying organic manure in the fields by the rural farmers.