NORMATIVE METHOD FOR THE SUBSTANTIATION OF THE COMPOSITION AND QUANTITY OF MACHINES REQUIRED FOR 1000 HECTARES OF COTTON FIELD IN THE CONDITION OF UZBEKISTAN
Abstract
The article presents a normative method for substantiating the composition and quantity of tractors and agricultural machinery required for 1000 hectares of cotton in the soil and climatic conditions of the Republic of Uzbekistan. For the substantiation of the composition of machines (plough, disc harrow, seeder, cultivator, cotton harvester, etc.), modern equipments were selected to perform the agro-technical measures (ploughing, leveling, sowing, harvesting, etc.) identified in the technological map of cotton cultivation. In substantiating the required number of specific machine required for performing specific agricultural measure or practice per 1000 hectares, its productivity of one shift determined during testing, the duration of the shift, the number of shifts, the daily productivity, the duration of the agricultural measures and practices, the volume of seasonal work were used as arguments.