The nineteenth century was the great age of steam. This title traces the history and development of the agricultural use of steam power from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the end of the Second World War and considers how it was actually used.

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A manual for trainers in development organizations who are preparing their staff to work together with farmers in developing technologies appropriate to ecological agriculture. The approach mirrors the type of interaction between facilitator and farmers in Participatory Technology Development.

Covering the period 1920-1990, this book deals with the development of the smaller machines used on estates, allotments, nurseries and large gardens.

The diversity of horticulture and its machinery is catered for in this book by sections on two and four-wheeled tractors, cultivation, sowing, crop protection, and harvesting equipment. Further chapters cover grass cutting, turf care, grounds maintenance, irrigation, and glasshouse equipment.

Here, Brian Bell details the extraordinary developments in tractor power, capability, safety and comfort since the late 40s. Even 60 years ago, it was not unusual to see a threshing contractor with his steam engine hauling a drum and elevator from farm to farm during the winter months

This video of archive film extracts focuses mainly on the development of tractors from 1945 to the present day. Rare footage is included of the 1917 Fordson Standard, the first mass-produced tractor in America. Coverage includes today's computer-controlled tractors with air-conditioned cabs.

This work is a highly illustrated general introduction to Ransomes' products, an output that touches on the concerns of a varied range of enthusiasts, including those interested in steam, working horses, tractors and grass-cutting equipment.

Land and water management is especially critical as the use of upstream watersheds can drastically affect large numbers of people living in downstream watersheds. This work examines the institutional and technical context for managing watersheds and river basins, including the involvement of both the public and private sectors.

These all-British made tractors have truly become a British Legend, and this book will be much appreciated by those who have worked with David Browns; as well as by collectors, restorers and tractor enthusiasts all over the world.

Charts the history of tractors and their manufacturers from the early days of The J I Case Threshing Machine Company and its experimental gasoline tractor of 1892. Each piece of machinery is illustrated with archive material or full-colour photography, and the text includes specification boxes and a mechanical profile.

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.

No one can farm without tools, and the progression from simple handcrafted implements to sophisticated modern machinery is a fascinating story. This title sets in context important local inventions such as the potato planting plough designed by Jean Le Boutillier in 1835 and used for over a century both on flat land and the steep Jersey cotils.

Originally published in 1843, this illustrated title summarizes the developments of ploughs, thrashers, drills, milling machines and a wide range of horse-powered implements.

Suitable for agriculture students at the introductory level, this book intends to familiarize students with a wide range of applications of engineering principles to agriculture. It includes problems using ISO (metric) units.

Starting with the early experiments that led to the Model F at Dearborn in 1917, this book follows the development of the Fords on through to the Model N and the E27N to the widely successful Diesel Major and its little brother, the Dexta.

Following the Industrial Revolution the ingenuity of Victorian manufacturers produced an enormous range of horse-drawn agricultural machinery. This book describes these machines and includes drawings of many of them, as well as photographs.