Books by Mervyn Billot

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From Sticks and Stones, Antlers and Bones Jersey Farm Implements, Machines and Tractors 4000 BC to Ad 1960
From Sticks and Stones, Antlers and Bones Jersey Farm Implements, Machines and Tractors 4000 BC to Ad 1960

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.

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