Furrow press

A furrow press is a special type of very heavy ring roller (usually with three or four wheels) used for compressing the furrow slices after ploughing. It is usually... 

Instead of a straw cover the beet can be drilled direct into ploughed and furrow-pressed land. Compaction is avoided and the press helps to stabilise the top few centimetres of the soil. Direct drilling into the undisturbed soil, usually stubble, using precision drills modified for the pmpose, is sometimes used as a technique to prevent blowing. 

Other changes are due to the presence of mites and of the larvae of insects, especially those of the yellow mead-worm (Tenebrio molitor) and the Mediterranean flour-moth (Ephestia Kuhniella). Larvae of insects are detectable by the naked eye. Mites may eaisily be observed by pressing a spoonful of flour on a sheet of paper with a transparent sheet of glass any mites present soon begin to move and render the surface of the flour in contact with the glass streaked with numerous irregular furrows. 

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