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Horse Drawn Farm Machinery (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition) Loot Price: R185
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Horse Drawn Farm Machinery (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

D. J Smith

Series: Shire Discovering, No. 245

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Until the reign of Queen Anne oxen were widely used for ploughing, and most other jobs on the farm, such as harvesting, were done manually by farm labourers. But at the beginning of the eighteenth century the Agricultural Revolution began. Oxen were displaced by horses for ploughing and the famous heavy breeds of Shires, Clydesdales and Suffolks developed. Horses were more versatile than oxen and came to be used for many tasks other than ploughing. Following the Industrial Revolution the ingenuity of Victorian manufacturers produced an enormous range of horse-drawn agricultural machinery - not just ploughs, but grubbers, cultivators, harrows, rollers, drills, reapers, binders, root lifters, manure spreaders, rakes and many other types - which continued in use until the tractor replaced the horse from the 1930s. In this book the author describes these machines and includes drawings of many of them, as well as photographs.

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Imprint: Shire Publications Ltd
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Shire Discovering, No. 245
Release date: May 2008
First published: October 2008
Authors: D. J Smith
Dimensions: 177 x 114 x 6mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Mass Market
Pages: 96
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-85263-664-0
Categories: Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > History of engineering & technology
Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Agricultural engineering & machinery > General
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LSN: 0-85263-664-4
Barcode: 9780852636640

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