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<p>Belts and Chains is a basic guide to the maintenance, installation, and failure of belt and chain drives.</p>
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This book describes many various kinds of pesticides, their toxicity, calibrations, and proper application. Also very practical management methods and application techniques, such as best planting times to avoid certain pests; how to measure ground speed to obtain the most cost-effective results from your applications, and how to interpret the different elements of chemical labels. Our book has over 850 pictures, charts, tables, graphs, and other illustrations to let you see exactly what we mean. This book is filled with EPA, OSHA, and other regulatory agency standards and suggested ways to meet or exceed those standards. Some topics covered in simple, straightforward language are soil nutrients and soil analysis; accurate identification of weeds, insects, and diseases and effective ways to control them. Also proper application techniques; using the new plant growth regulators and harvest aid chemicals; safe handling of toxic chemicals (an entire chapter is devoted to this topic); and much, much more.
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Engines is the definitive "how-to" book of both on- and off-road engines -- from showing you how to repair each system. This book is filled with illustrations to clearly demonstrate what must be done ... photographs, drawings, pictorial diagrams, troubleshooting charts, and diagnostic charts
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Developed with the cooperation of the National FFA Farm Business Management Contest Committee, this book remains the definite text on managing a farm or ranch on sound business principles. An important key to the survival of the farm and ranch is good business management. The new breed of farmer and rancher that is emerging must know how to apply management principles to their operation in order to make the most profit. They must be able to compete and win in a highly volatile worldwide commodity marketplace. Being able to do so requires extensive knowledge of all aspects of the business. Until the First Edition of this book, a serious gap existed in the quest for this knowledge. In response, Deere & Company developed Farm and Ranch Business Management. This was and is a basic book that is the first word on the subject. The experts, as a practical guide for the agribusiness manager, wrote it. It explains in plain English the principles and techniques that every farmer and rancher must know.
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Farm and Ranch Business Management - A practical guide for the agribusiness manager. It explains in plain English the principles and techniques that every farmer and rancher must know.
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1 volume (various pagings) : 28 cm
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You canat afford even one accident! Careful planning can help avoid tragic - and costly - accidents. Why do you need this book? The answer is simple: agriculture is a hazardous industry. Farming and ranching can be uniquely rewarding occupations, but if you donat follow safe work practices they can be dangerous. According to the National Safety Council (NSC), there were an estimated 1,200 agricultural work-related deaths and 140,000 disabling work-related injuries in the United States in 1992. But you already knew farming and ranching are filled with danger. What you maybe do not know so well is what you can do about it. This book will tell you. We will tell and show you 21 ways to avoid the No. 1 fatal farm accident...and thatas just for starters. We show you very practical ways to avoid pinch points; wrapping, shearing, crushing, and pull-in hazards; thrown objects and freewheeling parts; electrical and stored energy; and much, much more. Farm and Ranch Safety Management is the definitive reference work in rural safety. This 358-page book is filled with EPA, OSHA, and other regulatory agency standards and suggested ways to meet or exceed those standards. Topics covered in simple, straightforward language include safety machine operation, handling toxic chemicals, hazardous waste disposal, and developing an overall safety management plan.
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Fasteners explores bolts, screws, nuts, pins, washer, keys, studs, snap right, rivets, adhesives, and many, many others.
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Textbook - Hay and Forage Harvesting is devoted to hay and forage harvesting equipment. It touches only lightly on the how and why of feeding and nutrition and the selection and growing of hay and forage crops.
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Instructor Guide - Hay and Forage Harvesting is devoted to hay and forage harvesting equipment. It touches only lightly on the how and why of feeding and nutrition and the selection and growing of hay and forage crops.
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Student Guide - Hay and Forage Harvesting is devoted to hay and forage harvesting equipment. It touches only lightly on the how and why of feeding and nutrition and the selection and growing of hay and forage crops.
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Hoses, Tubing, and Connectors is the definitive "how-to" book when it comes tho this subject - from showing you how to diagnose problems and test for failed parts, to explaining how to repair the part, to showing how to install the repaired or new part.
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