Plows and methods of fabricating plows are provided. The plow includes an elongated frame. One or more shear assemblies are affixed to the frame in a spaced relationship along a length of the frame, wherein each of the one or more shear assemblies includes a shearing blade disposed at a distal end of the shear assembly and configured to operate below the surface of the soil to sever the roots of planted vegetation as the plow is pulled through a field. One or more cylinder assemblies are rotatably affixed to the frame and positioned parallel to the one or more shear assemblies and configured to rotate as the plow is pulled through a field. The one or more cylinder assemblies include a plurality of radially extending cylinder blades configured to mulch the soil and press the severed vegetation into the soil.
Method And Apparatus For Delivering Cotton Modules And Cotton Therefrom Into A Cotton Gin
Carts successively installed in a transfer station, receives a cotton module from above and are successively transported by a tractor into a conveyor assembly which feeds the carts successively toward a stationary feeder head where the cotton of each module is removed progressively as the cart is passed under the feeder head fluffing the cotton and delivering it to a plenum chamber. An auger, which sweeps laterally over the empty portion of the cart forming a temporary bottom for the chamber delivers the fluffed cotton to an air box separator in which rocks and stones are removed by gravity and a suck pipe removes the fluffed cotton to convey it to the gin.
This invention relates to a system for conveying cotton from an unloading station to a gin house, while preventing the cotton from absorbing moisture from the ground. In accordance with the present invention, the system provides for the use of a network of railway tracks either directly from the field to a gin site or least at the gin mill, as well as the use of lightweight, flat, open bed carriers which run along the railway tracks, transporting cotton modules from one station to the other en route from the field to a gin house or storage facility.