Great Plains 2000 Material Rate - Manual (Page 2)

Great Plains Mfg., Inc.
118-389B 05/30/2008
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Main Seed Box Planting.....................................1
Select Drive Type..................................................... 1
Set Seed Rate Handle ............................................. 2
Position Seed Cup Doors......................................... 2
Checking Main Box Seed Rate ................................ 3
Rate Charts, Main Seed Box ................................... 4
Alfalfa or Rape ..................................................... 4
Barley (1 of 3)....................................................... 4
Buckwheat............................................................ 5
Buffalograss (1 of 4)............................................. 5
Flax or Sudan....................................................... 6
Millet..................................................................... 6
Milo....................................................................... 6
Peas ..................................................................... 7
Pinto Beans.......................................................... 7
Rice, Short Grain (1 of 2) ..................................... 7
Rice, Long Grain (1 of 4)...................................... 8
Rye....................................................................... 9
Soybeans (1 of 4)................................................. 9
Sunflower ........................................................... 10
Wheat (1 of 2) .................................................... 10
Wheatgrass ........................................................ 11
Small Seeds Attachment .................................12
Small Seeds Cup Lever Adjustment ...................... 12
Small Seeds Rate Charts....................................... 13
Alfalfa, Red Alsike, Crimson Clover ................... 13
Kentucky Bluegrass,
Fescue, Annual Rye Grass ............................ 13
Bermuda, Red Top, Lespedeza Unhulled,
Sercia, Sand, Weeping Love Grass ............... 13
Red & Sweet Clover, Lespedeza Hulled ............ 13
Orchard Grass.................................................... 14
Millet, Reed Canary............................................ 14
Ladino Clover, Canary Grass,
Timothy, Canola ............................................. 14
Birdsfoot, Trefoil, Sudan..................................... 14
Fertilizer Rate ................................................... 15
Fertilizer Rate Chart............................................... 16
Rates in Pounds per Acre .................................. 16
Density Conversion Charts ................................ 16
Metric Rate Charts ........................................... 17
Metric Rate Charts, Main Seed Box....................... 17
Alfalfa or Rape ................................................... 17
Barley (1 of 3) .................................................... 17
Buckwheat ......................................................... 18
Buffalograss (1 of 4)........................................... 18
Flax or Sudan..................................................... 19
Millet................................................................... 19
Milo .................................................................... 20
Peas................................................................... 20
Pinto Beans........................................................ 20
Rice, Short Grain (1 of 2) ................................... 21
Rice, Long Grain (1 of 4).................................... 21
Rye..................................................................... 22
Soybeans (1 of 4)............................................... 22
Sunflower ........................................................... 23
Wheat (1 of 2) .................................................... 24
Wheatgrass........................................................ 24
Metric Rate Charts, Small Seeds Box.................... 25
Alfalfa, Red Alsike, Crimson Clover ................... 25
Kentucky Bluegrass,
Fescue, Annual Rye Grass ............................ 25
Bermuda, Red Top, Lespedeza Unhulled,
Sercia, Sand, Weeping Love Grass ............... 25
Red & Sweet Clover, Lespedeza Hulled ............ 25
Orchard Grass ................................................... 26
Millet, Reed Canary ........................................... 26
Ladino Clover, Canary Grass,
Timothy, Canola ............................................. 26
Birdsfoot, Trefoil, Sudan .................................... 26
Metric Fertilizer Rate.............................................. 27
Metric Fertilizer Rate Chart ................................ 27
Density Conversion Chart .................................. 27