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Know Your Farm Machinery follows on from the successful publication of Know Your Tractors, Know Your Combines and Know Your Classic Tractors.This pocket-sized book details 43 types of farm machinery most commonly seen on farms today including ploughs, cultivators, drills, spreaders and balers. A photograph of each machine is included.Chris Lockwood is a Suffolk based freelance agricultural journalist and producer of a long list of farming and farm machinery DVDs. This is his fourth book in the popular Know Your series.
This book contains a collection of classic articles on the subject of tractors. They primarily deal with the operation, mechanics, repair, and maintenance of tractors, offering simple instructions and invaluable tips for those with a practical interest in the subject. “Farm Machinery – Tractors” will appeal fans of vintage tractors and those looking to find out more about the history of agricultural machinery. Contents include: “Agricultural Tools And Machinery”, “The Tractor As A Source Of Power”, “Overturning Of Tractors”, “Hints When Buying A Tractor”, “Tractor Engines (1): Spark-Ignition”, “Tractor Engines (2): Compression-Ignition (Diesel)”, “Tractor Overhaul And Maintenance”, “Tractors: Development And Principles Of Operation”, “Tractor Types: Constructional”, “Features”, “Tractors”, “Working Principles Of Tractor Engines”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on agricultural tools and machinery.
The agricultural tractor. The cooling system. The lubrication system. The fuel system. The ignition system. The transmission system. The tractor hydraulic system. The power take-off shaft. Mechanical principles. Electricity. Heat. Materials. Workshop tools. Ploughts. Cultivation machinery. Corn drills. Fertilizer distributors. Farmyrad manure spreaders. Groound crop sprayers. Mowers. Haymaking machinery. Balers. Forage harvesters. The buckake. The combine harvester. Potato crop machinery. Sugar-beet crop machinery. The electric fecer. Milking machinery. Safety on the farm. Metric tables.
Provides guidance on the hazards associated with machinery and details safeguards and methods which need to be adopted to eliminate or reduce the risks related to moving parts. It is aimed at manufacturers, suppliers, and those who maintain or modify agricultural machinery. It also provides guidance useful to educational establishments for training purposes. Contents: Legal requirements: How many machinery accidents happen; Risk assessment; Mechanical hazards and accidents; Safeguarding techniques.
Farm Machinery is the standard book on the current theory and practice of farm mechanisation for students and farmers. First published in 1979, this new sixth edition incorporates much new text together with 280 new colour photographs illustrating the steady flow of developments in farm mechanisation that have taken place over the past decade. Recent advances in computer technology and satellite field mapping are included and new content enriches the earlier material dealing with the working principles and operation of the vast array of the somewhat less sophisticated farm tractors and machines still in use on British farms. There are chapters on tractors, cultivation and drilling equipment,...