The first Oyjord plot seeder for front mounting on a two wheeled garden tractor was constructed in the workshop of the Norwegian Institute of Agricultural Engineering at Ås. It came in use at the Institute of farm crops, Agricultural University of Norway, in the spring of 1958. The results were successful, and the “Committee on Mechanization of Field Experiments” decided that research assistant Egil Øyjord should continue to develop plot seeders.
On 20 August 1970, Egil Øyjord demonstrated his self-propelled seed drill for the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 1970, Dr. Norman E. Borlaug. To the left Oddvar Aresvik who was a good friend of Dr. Borlaug.
In a letter of November 13. 1970, Borlaug wrote to Øyjord: ..”It will be a pleasure to work with you and IAMFE in the furtherance of the green revolution”. In a statement of December 22, 1970, Dr. Borlaug wrote: ”The small plot seeders have been very helpful in increasing the reliability of experimental results in India, Tunisia, Lebanon, etc.”
In 1972, Dr. Borlaug awarded Egil Øyjord the Mexican issued “Green Revolution Medal”.
Øyjord’s 2 x 4 rows tractor-mounted double-capacity plot seeder was constructed in 1974 at Øyjord Research Laboratory, Jens A. Schou Mek. Verksted, Drøbak.
The picture is taken at the Department of Plant Culture, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Ås. Two persons operate the machine, but one person can also operate it in addition to the tractor driver. On the drill Oleif Elen (left) and Jan Stølen. Kjell Jeksrud runs the tractor.
The capacity of the machine is approx. 400-500 plots/hour. It is 40-50 times larger than what three men could handle with the handcrafted Pracner, which from 1914 in Norway was used in the drilling of grain plots. Pracner was used in Norway until 1961 when Øyjord’s four-rows plot seeders with two people ten-doubled the capacity of Pracner.
The LOVE/0yjord Seeder is a semi-mounted, three point hitch agricultural seed metering implement. It features a full width, front packing roller followed by individual double disc ground openers and trailing packer wheels. The seed metering and distribution system facilitate ease of calibration and multiple plot sowing.
The LOVE/Oyjord Seeder is designed for use on prepared flat or raised seed beds, with a maximum seed bed height above the tire surface of six inches. The tires have an adjustable center to center tread width from 60 to 78 inches. The seeder can be purchased with options for seeding 3, 4, 6, 7 or 8 rows at a minimum center to center spacing of five inches, and at ground speeds from 2-1/2 to 4 miles per hour.
The LOVE/Oyjord offers a complete seeding system including continuous full bed sowing using a Bulk Seed Hopper refilling from separate containers, a Small Batch Funnel for individual seed lots, or the seeding of individual seed lots in bed lengths less than 10 feet with the Feeder Divider package.
The Love Oyjord seeder
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Love /Oyjord Seeder. Product information from J.E. Love Company
The third international IAMFE conference and exhibition (IAMFE Czechslovakia ’72) was organized by the Mendel University of Agriculture, Brno, July 10-15, 1972 in collaboration with IAMFE, Czechoslovak Academy of Agriculture, Prague and Agricultural Research Institute, Hrusovany u Brno and other organizations. 173 participants from 37 countries attended the conference.
IAMFE Czechslovakia ’72
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