| 摘要 |
A cultivator shovel (10) is provided for mounting on one of the shanks (14) of a conventional agricultural cultivator. The shovel includes a shank mount (16) in the form of a channel for receiving the shank therein. A shovel body (28) is supported on a lower end of the shank mount and includes a leading edge (30) extending rearwardly and outwardly from opposing sides of a forward apex (32) to respective rearward free ends (34) of the shovel body. A pair of upright end plates (40) are mounted on the shovel body adjacent the respective rearward free ends. The end plates prevent deflection of weeds about the free ends of the shovel body when the shovel is used for weeding, thus forcing the weeds to be broken on the leading edge of the shovel body or on the end plates for more effective weeding using a cultivator. Furthermore, soil disturbance is increased dramatically using the end plates, and as a result, shallow rooted weeds such as millet die.
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