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From Preface - No other farm machine has had such a profound effect on agriculture as the farm tractor. In its infancy, the farm tractor was little more than a stationary engine adapted to a steam engine chassis. During the years required to complete this book, the history of many tractor builders has been elusive. Some were in business for only a short time or have been obscured by the clouds of time. Early tractor books, tractor directories and historical information from manufactures archives were used. (Description by http-mart)
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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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<p>Running a horse farm requires acquiring, operating, and maintaining an assortment of heavy machinery. This practical guide shows you how to expertly equip your operation with trucks, trailers, tractors, and more. Learn how to compare models, select machines appropriate to your needs, troubleshoot problems, and work with attachments like loaders, disc harrows, and manure spreaders. Using the right machinery will help you work more efficiently, save you money, and leave you more time to spend with your horses.</p>
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<p>Running a horse farm requires acquiring, operating, and maintaining an assortment of heavy machinery. This practical guide shows you how to expertly equip your operation with trucks, trailers, tractors, and more. Learn how to compare models, select machines appropriate to your needs, troubleshoot problems, and work with attachments like loaders, disc harrows, and manure spreaders. Using the right machinery will help you work more efficiently, save you money, and leave you more time to spend with your horses.</p>
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Cherry Hill, the best-selling author of "Horsekeeping on a Small Acreage, the classic book that has guided thousands of horse owners in establishing farms, now shares her expertise in an important, related topic: equipping the horse farm. <br> Hill provides in-depth information on every aspect of selecting, maintaining, and using the two most essential pieces of equipment -- tractors and horse trailers. Accompanied by photographs and illustrations, she guides the reader through an evaluation of the options available in tractors, from horsepower and transmission options to tires and appearance. A checklist is included detailing what to look for if considering a used tractor. <br> On trailers, readers will find the answers to all their questions, beginning with the kind of trucks and hookup required for towing various capacity trailers to selecting the appropriate truck hitch. The thorough discussion of trailers details options in floorplans, loading entry, suspension, and accomodations for both horses and owners: tack room, living quarters, windows and vents, lights, feeders, and more. <br> Hill also discusses the smaller farm implements found on many horse farms, including loaders, discs, harrows, manure spreaders, mowers, post-hole diggers, hay balers, and wagons. "Equipping Your Horse Farm is an authoritative, comprehensive handbook that every horse farmer will want to consult before investing in these critical items of farm equipment.
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<p>Learn everything you need to know about growing and harvesting apples with this comprehensive guide from the International Library of Technology. From choosing the right varieties to dealing with pests and diseases, this book covers all aspects of apple cultivation. Packed with helpful illustrations and practical advice, this guide is a must-have for anyone interested in fruit growing.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.</p><p>This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>
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<p>Learn everything you need to know about growing and harvesting apples with this comprehensive guide from the International Library of Technology. From choosing the right varieties to dealing with pests and diseases, this book covers all aspects of apple cultivation. Packed with helpful illustrations and practical advice, this guide is a must-have for anyone interested in fruit growing.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.</p><p>This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.<br><br>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.<br><br>As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ...OF FROST INJURIES 8. More or less moisture always exists in the atmosphere in the form of an invisible vapor. When this invisible vapor is condensed by a falling temperature, clouds, or fogs, are formed; if the moisture in the clouds is further condensed at a temperature above the freezing point rain is formed; and if condensed at a temperature at or below the freezing point snow is formed. If the moisture of the atmosphere that is in immediate contact with the surface of the earth is condensed at temperatures above the freezing point, dew is formed, and if this moisture is condensed at or below a freezing temperature frost is formed. Frost is, therefore, the moisture of the air condensed at or below 32 F. on the surface of the earth or on plants or other objects. 9. Prediction of Frost.--The conditions under which damaging frosts may occur are so numerous and varied that it is very difficult to tell when frosts will occur and when they will not. However, frost may be expected during the night if, at nightfall, the dew point is 42 F. or less. The dew point is the temperature of the air at which dew is deposited. And when the dew point falls to 32 F. or lower, frost will occur. The dew point is determined by means of wetbulb and dry-bulb thermometers and a specially prepared table known as a dew-point table. The most accurate kind of an instrument for the determination of the dew point is shown in Fig. 4 (a), and is known as a sling psychrometer. This instrument consists of a wetbulb and a dry-bulb thermometer, securely fastened to a support, which, in turn, is attached to a handle in such a way that the thermometers and their support may be whirled on one end of the handle. A case in which the sling psychrometer may be kept while not in use is shown in (b)....
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