Cultivator - kounki

Japanese: 耕耘機 - こううんき

A machine for tilling and breaking soil in fields. Usually it refers to a power tiller (also called an automatic tiller). It works while propelled by a small prime mover (kerosene, gasoline or diesel engine, 3-8 horsepower) mounted on a steel body. It is broadly divided into a driven type, in which the tilling part is attached as part of the body, and a tow type. The former is a rotary type in which a horizontal shaft with many curved claws rotates as the tilling part, while the latter can be used by attaching various working machines such as a soil breaker to the rear of the body, and can be used for tilling, various cultivation management tasks, and transportation. It moves on wheels, and the operator walks while holding the handle at the rear of the body. Cultivators were first introduced to Japan in the mid-Taisho period, but they rapidly spread as the center of agricultural mechanization from the 1950s after World War II. →Agricultural machinery→Related topics Agricultural tractors | Hand tractors

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Japanese:

田畑の耕起砕土を行う機械。ふつう動力耕耘機（自動耕耘機とも）をさす。鋼製の機体に載せた小型原動機（灯油・ガソリンまたはディーゼル機関，３〜８馬力）で自走しつつ作業する。耕耘作用部を機体の一部として装着した駆動型と牽引(けんいん)型に大別。前者は耕耘部として，多数の湾曲した爪(つめ)のついた水平軸が回転するロータリー型であり，後者は機体後方に砕土機など種々の作業機をつけかえて使用できるもので，耕起のほか栽培管理の諸作業や運搬用にもなる。走行は車輪により，操縦者は機体後方のハンドルを持って運転しつつ歩行する。耕耘機は大正中期に初めて日本に紹介されたが，第２次大戦後の1950年代から農業機械化の中心として急速に普及した。→農業機械
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