Karhale, Er. S. S. Er. S. S.BHANDAKKAR, VISHAL MORESHWAR.2020-06-042020-06-042019-09-12BHANDAKKAR, VISHAL M. (2019). Development of bullock drawn puddler for eastern Vidarbha region. Department of farm power and machinery (Agricultural Engineering), Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola. M. Tech. 2019. Print. xiv, 61p. (Unpublished).http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810146993The bullock drawn puddler developed for eastern vidarbha region. In this experiment the implement was developed so as to make puddling operation efficiently. Draftability of bullock and their physical response helps to evaluate the performance of bullock drawn puddler.A bullock drawn lugs wheel puddler was evaluated for its performance at Krishi Vighyan Kendra, Sonapur-Gadchiroli. Puddling is one of the most important operations in rice cultivation which control the infiltration rate of water in field. In Eastern Vidarbha Region, puddling operation done with the help of plough which was not effective and proper. There was a need of such puddler which overcome this problem and farmers can perform puddling operation effectively and get high crop yield. Another limitation is that about 90 per cent of farmers fall in the category of marginal, small and semi-medium land holding (Agricultural Statistics at a Glance-1995). They could not offer heavy price of big tractors and implements hence development of bullock drawn puddler was essential. Performance evaluation of Bullock drawn puddler was carried out at the Krishi Vighyan Kendra, Sonapur-Gadchiroli and farmers field. Breed of bullock Gaolao ,Khillar and Deoni was good draftabililty and gives satisfactory work on developed Lug wheel puddler. Respiration rate of Gaolao, Khillar and Deoni was increases from 15.66, 17.33 and 16.00 bpm to 35.33, 41.00 and 43.33 bpm respectively after half hour puddling operation. The working width of puddling was 90 cm. The average draft requirement of the implement was 54.78 kg for puddling operation and an average speed of operation was 2.48 km/h. The Effective Field Capacity, Theoretical Field Capacity and Field Efficiency of puddler was found to be 0.173 ha/h, 0.223 ha/h and 77.50 per cent respectively. The average pudddling index was found to be 39.5 per cent. The cost of operation for pudding was Rs. 113.65/h and Rs. 656.94/ha. The overall performance of the bullock drawn puddler during the operation carried in small area was found to be satisfactory.enThesis