This reprint of an actual early-19th-century diary provides today's readers with an engaging rarity: a 15-year-old's brief, concise notebook and Sloane's 72 drawings and explanatory narrative. "An extraordinary glimpse into everyday Early American rural life . . . will delight readers of all ages." --" History in Review."
Inside these pages are the clever, quaint and inventive ways used to get work done, such as: alfalfa grinders; combines; corn planters; reapers; threshers and wagons and carriages. Whether you grew up on a farm and are interested in the history of agriculture or just like exploring the world of antiques, you'll find something of interest.
Filled with more than 200 engravings, "Farm Conveniences" includes information on how to build a milk shed, a dam, a sled for removing corn shocks, a variety of animal traps, gatepost braces, a log boat, carts, and a great number of other farming and homesteading instruments.
Packed with colorful photos and information, this brand-new tour of John Deere farm machines, farm animals, and farm life helps young readers expand their vocabulary and learn where their favorite food comes from. Full color. Consumable.
Indispensable for food, chemical, mechanical, and packaging engineers, "Handbook of Farm, Dairy, and Food Machinery" covers in one comprehensive volume fundamental food engineering principles in the design of food industry machinery. The handbook provides broad, yet technically detailed coverage of food safety, regulations, product processing ...
This text presents readers with a fast-paced, yet easy-to-understand introduction to must-know welding processes and techniques. Focusing squarely on agricultural welding applications, each section of this book begins by introducing readers to the equipment and materials to be used in the process. Complete instructions for setup in preparation for ...
This text explains how to minimise risks and cope with problems, with the help of many clear illustrations. This book is useful for students of agriculture as well as managers of rural businesses. A companion volume, Farm Chemical Safety is also available in the Practical Farming Series.
This book tells the story of the men, machines and equipment developed for Australian agriculture. It traces developments ranging from broadacre cultivation to garden rotaries, to prickly pear destruction, to auto headers, to banana harvesting for paper making. Contemporary advertising sprinkled through the book provides a backdrop for the people, ...
Published in 1898, this abundantly illustrated trade catalog advertised tools, fertilizers, insecticides, and other essentials for the turn-of-the-century garden, farm, greenhouse, lawn, orchard, poultry yard, stable, and household. Includes butter printers, cast-iron field rollers, broadcast seeders, corn harvesters and huskers, root cutters, ...
"By far the best of its type...that's crossed my desk in ten years of dealing with such books." --J. Baldwin, Technical Editor, "CoEvolution Quarterly" Want to know how to make a hacksaw, build a ladder, mix cement? How to lay bricks, raise sagging beams, insulate and waterproof walls? How to recane furniture, cut glass, make an iceless cooler or ...
Looking at a variety of machines with a wide range of uses, the Machines at Work series explains how vehicles help people on farms, construction sites, and other busy places.
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