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rising plate meter - purchase



Forage workers - 

A couple of us in Washington/Idaho are intending to purchase rising plate 
meters for herbage mass estimation. Model(s) I'm looking into are Ellinbank 
Pasture Meters as described by Earle and McGowan. 1979. Evaluation and 
calibration of an automated rising plate meter for estimating dry matter 
yield of pasture. Aust. J. Exp. Agric. Anim. Husb. 19:337-343.  Plate 
dimensions are approx. 30 cm x 30 cm. Two counters record cumulative plate 
height and number of readings, so mean plate height for a large number of 
readings can be obtained easily. Price will be in the range of $400 as 
things look now; might drop some - I'm still sourcing them. If any of you 
are interested in ordering one, there would be some savings (each would cost 
$350 + shipping) in an order of at least 3 units from the one source I have 
a firm price from so far.

Let me know if this is of interest.

Tom

Thomas C. Griggs
Asst. Professor, Forage Physiology
Dept. of Plant, Soil, & Entomological Sci.
Univ. of Idaho
Moscow, ID  83844-2339
Tel. 208/885-6531
FAX  208/885-7760
e-mail tgriggs@uidaho.edu