Great Plains 1300 13-Foot Material Rate - Manual (Page 2)

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Table of Contents
Introduction .................................................................. 1
Drill models covered by this manual .............................. 1
Document Family ........................................................... 1
Main Box Seed Rate..................................................... 2
Setting Drive Type ..........................................................3
Changing Drive Type ............................................. 3
Main Box Seed Rate Handle...........................................4
Position Seed Cup Doors................................................4
Main Seed Row Shutoff ..................................................4
Reading a Seed Rate Chart ............................................5
Main Box Seed Rate Calibration .....................................6
Main Box Seed Rate Charts .......................................... 8
Alfalfa or Rape ........................................................... 8
Barley (1 of 3) ............................................................ 8
Buckwheat ................................................................. 8
Buffalograss (1 of 4)................................................... 9
Flax or Sudan............................................................. 9
Millet......................................................................... 10
Milo .......................................................................... 10
Peas ......................................................................... 10
Pinto Beans.............................................................. 11
Rice, Short Grain (1 of 2) ......................................... 11
Rice, Long Grain (1 of 4).......................................... 11
Rye........................................................................... 12
Soybeans (1 of 4)..................................................... 12
Sunflower ................................................................. 13
Wheat (1 of 2) .......................................................... 13
Wheatgrass .............................................................. 14
Small Seeds Rate ....................................................... 15
Small Seeds Rate Calibration .......................................15
Small Seeds Row Shut-Off .................................. 17
Small Seeds Rate Charts............................................. 18
Alfalfa, Red Alsike, Crimson Clover ......................... 18
Kentucky Bluegrass,
Fescue, Annual Rye Grass .................................. 18
Bermuda, Red Top, Lespedeza Unhulled,
Sercia, Sand, Weeping Love Grass ..................... 18
Red & Sweet Clover, Lespedeza Hulled .................. 18
Orchard Grass ......................................................... 18
Millet, Reed Canary ................................................. 19
Ladino Clover, Canary Grass,
Timothy, Canola....................................................19
Birdsfoot, Trefoil, Sudan ...........................................19
Fertilizer Rate..............................................................20
Setting Fertilizer Rate ...................................................20
Adjusting for Density..................................................... 20
Setting Fertilizer Drive Range....................................... 21
Setting High Range...............................................21
Setting Low Range ...............................................21
Setting Fertilizer Transmission ..................................... 22
Fertilizer Rate Calibration ............................................. 22
Fertilizer Rate Chart .....................................................25
Appendix .....................................................................26
Metric Rate Charts, Main Seed Box .............................26
Alfalfa or Rape ..........................................................26
Barley (1 of 3) ...........................................................26
Buckwheat ................................................................26
Buffalograss (1 of 4) .................................................27
Flax or Sudan ...........................................................27
Millet .........................................................................28
Milo ...........................................................................28
Peas..........................................................................28
Pinto Beans ..............................................................29
Rice, Short Grain (1 of 2)..........................................29
Rice, Long Grain (1 of 4) ..........................................29
Rye ...........................................................................30
Soybeans (1 of 4) .....................................................30
Sunflower..................................................................31
Wheat (1 of 2) ...........................................................31
Wheatgrass...............................................................32
Metric Rate Charts, Small Seeds Box ..........................32
Alfalfa, Red Alsike, Crimson Clover..........................32
Kentucky Bluegrass,
Fescue, Annual Rye Grass ...................................32
Bermuda, Red Top, Lespedeza Unhulled,
Sercia, Sand, Weeping Love Grass......................32
Red & Sweet Clover, Lespedeza Hulled...................32
Orchard Grass ..........................................................33
Millet, Reed Canary ..................................................34
Ladino Clover, Canary Grass,
Timothy, Canola....................................................34
Birdsfoot, Trefoil, Sudan ...........................................34