METHOD FOR CHANGING ARRANGEMENT OF LONG AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an efficient and inexpensive method for changing arrangement of long agricultural products. SOLUTION: Long agricultural product groups each of which is formed by arranging the predetermined numbers of agricultural products toward the same main direction are intermittently conveyed to a conveying means capable of conveying the agricultural products to a boxing device. One or a plurality of the long agricultural product groups conveyed by the conveying means are removed and temporarily placed on an agricultural product placement part arranged outside a conveying path of the conveying means. A plurality of long agricultural products out of the long agricultural products temporarily placed on the agricultural product placement part are added to the long agricultural product groups which are not thinned out, with the added long agricultural products facing an auxiliary direction orthogonal to the main direction. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT