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China-Japan-Koreas
Acacia Seed Treatment Machine Made in DPRK
2005-06-21
Pyongyang, June 20 (KCNA) -- Researchers of the forestry sector of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has developed an acacia seed treatment machine. The sprouting rate of acacia seeds, not treated, is only 20-30 percent because of their solid hulls. The seed treatment methods by hot water and reagent, which have been applied in nurseries, ensure only 70 percent of sprouting. After finding out the properties of acacia seed, the researchers have succeeded in making a seed treatment machine. It properly hurts seed hulls by the method of friction and bombardment. The budding rate of the acacia seeds treated by the machine is more than 90 percent. The machine saves several dozen kilograms of acacia seeds per hectare. It, which is simple in structure, is easy to operate anywhere. Its production cost is low. The machine has already been introduced in many units.
I've been using something similar on tough seed hulls for years. It's called sandpaper.
Posted by:Steve

#4  Several Acacia species provide commercial returns both in Australia and overseas. The bark of A.mearnsii (one of the "Black Wattle" group) is valuable in the tanning industries and commercial plantations exist in a number of countries (eg.South Africa, Brazil). Unusually, Australia actually imports much of its need for A.mearnsii bark tannin from South Africa where the tree has unfortunately escaped from plantations to become a pest species. The quick-growing characteristics of many of the larger species makes them useful for soil erosion control and for providing fuel for cooking and heating. Australian aborigines traditionally used the seeds and roots of a number of Acacia species as a food source but it is only fairly recently that research has started to be undertaken by a number of organisations to determine the nutritional potential of several species as well as any potential toxic effects. Some limited use of Acacia as a food is occurring in the "bush food" industry with, for example, ground Acacia seeds being used as a component of a bread known as "Wattle Damper" and as a flavouring for ice cream.
Posted by: Steve   2005-06-21 14:46  

#3  Some species of acacia make good cattle fodder and grow without much tending once the seed germinates.
Posted by: too true   2005-06-21 14:43  

#2  TU3031:
I have some in My back yard (still attached to the Shoestring Acacia tree). Want some? They're not treated, though, so that may be a deal-breaker.

Acacias make decent shade trees, but I didn't know there was any economic justification for growing them. I suppose you could eat the leaves and bark -- oh, this is NK? -- that explains it.
Posted by: Jackal   2005-06-21 14:10  

#1  Well if my acacia seeds ever need treatment, I know where to send them.
What the hell are acacia seeds?
Posted by: tu3031   2005-06-21 13:09  

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