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Drip tape being applied to burley tobacco in Pittsylvania County, VA on June 28, 2008. The rig combines two tape laying shanks mounted on a Sukkup cultivator. We are laying the tape to the side of the plant as we lay the tobacco by.

MarCo/Powell pull type burley tobacco harvester being demonstrated on 9/4/2008 in Pittsylvania County, VA. This machine is a cutter/notcher combined with at portable rack system. The machine cuts the stalk at ground level and the entire plant is conveyed to a notching blade by a gripper chain. After the blade inserts a notch at a 45 degree angle, the plant falls on a conveyer belt where a worke...