EXPLOITATION AND OF FARM MACHINERY ON THE FAMILY FARM IK THE ARID REGION (SYRIA)
JOSEF OUBRECHT
Abstract
The exploitation and management of farm mechines/sets
on the family farm must be based on the optimised requirement for energy units
to which particular machines are assigned for optimum exploitation of the traction
power. To provide smooth performance of field operations, a 300-hectare grain
farm of family type in Syria will need four tractors (engine power 87, 54, 36
and 26 kW) * These tractors will be used, on an annual average, for 1254r 26
5 f 298 and 479 hf respectively. The specific energy load upon the arable land
will be 0.676 kW per ha, The time of exploitation of the smaller tractors may
increase with use for on-farm as well as off-farm (contract) transport.
It is important for the management of the operation patterns of crop farming
to use technological cards of cultural practices for each crop. Each operation
in the card is assigned the date, the hourly and daily performance (in terms
of area)f the type of tractor, the machine, the number of days within which
the operation is to be completed, and the number of persons needed to do the
job. The technological cards eill clearly indicate the time during which the
tractor is engaged in work and the time for which it can b& leased out or
subjected to upkeep, The whole sequence of operations can be recorded on computer
diskette covering the entire period from 1 January to 31 December, The farmer
can have the sequence of operations on the screen every morning.
Key words:
optimisation, performance (area covered), traction
power, working width