0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 % loss
Grain Shattering sickle
during and after Combine
cutting
Shattering after
harvesting just sickle
before threshing
Unharvested sickle
combine
Loose straw combine
combine
Unthreshed
0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 % loss
Figure 4.0.1. Loss components of manual (sickle) and combine
harvesting (Zhejiang, China, 1987-1989).
0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 %loss
Unthreshed pedal thresher
loss motor thresher
Loose straws pedal thresher
motor thresher
Shattering
during pedal thresher
threshing motor thresher
0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 %loss
Figure 4.0.2. Loss components of pedal and motor threshing
(Zhejiang, China, 1987-1989).
0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2%s
Separation Jinhua
Jiaxin
Nimbo
Jinhua
Blower
Jiaxin
Nimbo
Jinhua
Jiaxin
Drying
Jiaxin
0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2%loss
Jinhua: Jiaxin Nimbo
sun dried on bamboo sun dried on cement sun dried on cement
mat-rethreshed by hand yard-bamboo sieve plus yard-mechanical vibrating
and cleaned by wooden electric blower screen with electric blower
winnower
Figure 4.0.3. Loss components of manual (sickle) and combine
harvesting (Zhejiang, China, 1987-1989).