Operation, Care, and Repair of Farm Machinery: Practical Hints For Handymen - Paperback

by John Deere (Author)

This comprehensive and classic text, originally published in the early 1900's, was written to assist farmers and mechanics instructors, and was the first book on the subject to deal exclusively with the operation, care, and repair of farm machines. Divided into six distinctive sections ranging from the preparation of the seed bed to harvesting, The Operation, Care, and Repair of Farm Machinery offers detailed information and instructions on how to use and care for dozens of different machines, including:

Plows Harrows Tillers Spreaders Cultivators Sowers Diggers Harvesters Pickers Presses Mowers Binders Planters Pulverizers Loaders Drills Listers Rotary hoes

Back Jacket

A turn-of-the-20th-century classicThis comprehensive and classic text, originally published in the early 1900s to assist farmers and farm mechanics instructors, was the first book to deal exclusively with the operation, care, and repair of farm machines. Divided into six distinctive sections ranging from the preparation of the seed bed to harvesting, The Operation, Care, and Repair of Farm Machinery provides detailed information and instructions on how to use and care for dozens of different machines--including: plowsharrowstillersspreadersdrill cultivatorssowers diggersharvesters pickerspressesmowersbindersplanterspulverizers loaderslistersrotary hoes

Author Biography

John Deere (1804-1886) was an American blacksmith and manufacturer who founded Deere & Company, the largest agricultural and construction equipment manufacturers in the world.