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By the end of the 20th century there were some half-million tractors on British farms--more machines than people to drive them. Bell's encyclopedic book traces the evolution of the farm tractor from the days of starting handle and pan seat to current four-wheel drive machines with air-conditioned cabs and computer management systems.tems.

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This guidebook to the essential tools and skills needed for basic welding teaches even the novice everything they need to know to do it themselves, with projects and techniques specially tailored for farm and ranch equipment fabrication and repairs.

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The Field Guide to Classic Farm Tractors, Expanded Edition features all the classic machines you remember, plus a few rarities and tractors recently added to the realm of "classics." All are presented in full-colour, fully restored glory.

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This work presents models that characterize the relationships between quantity and quality of irrigation water application, and agricultural production and the environment.

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The family farm is examined in light of its economic and political implications, showing the relationship between the family farm and fledgling industrial capitalism, a relationship that fostered the simultaneous industrial and agricultural revolutions and the creation of an agro-industrial complex.

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Australia has some of the world's largest and most labour-efficient farms, and tractors are an essential part of their operations. This title documents the development of the indigenous tractor industry, from the McDonald Imperial of 1909 to cane, olive and grape harvesters.

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Long-time farmers Steve and Ann Larkin Hansen cover everything from tractors and mowers to trimmers, tillers, ATVs, plows, discs, drills, planters, cultivators, mechanical rakes, and balers, showing you how to care for your equipment to prevent problems and how to diagnose and fix the things that do go wrong.

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Explores the entire range of tractors and farming machines from around the world, such as Fordson Model F and Massey-Harris GP. This book covers how tractors work, their history, major marques and catalogues. It is suitable for anyone fascinated by these extraordinary machines.

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A range of tools, once familiar to the farmworker, gradually became obsolete during the twentieth century. This album describes these tools and the farming processes they performed in the period before the general dominance of the tractor and combine harvester.

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Suitable for those interested in the history of agriculture and a commonsense tool that outlines essential agricultural skills, this book covers every aspect of farm work, from woodworking and cement -laying to farm machinery repair.

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The first in a trilogy of books profiling in detail David Brown and its products. This Yorkshire company, based around Huddersfield, had its roots in wooden-pattern making for the looms and weaving machinery of the area in the 1850s but would go on to become a successful manufacturer of tractors.

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This well illustrated book is essential reading for those in charge of a workshop and those in the agricultural, grounds care and constructions sectors.