| - Book Title: Mechanised farming
- Author: Various foreword by Sir James Turner
- ISBN: MW0093271
- Publisher: Esso
- Year Published: 1950
- Our Normal Price: £16.50 GBP ($0.00 USD)
- 10% Discounted Price: £14.85 GBP ($0.00 USD)
- Description: Esso 1950: Green hardcover in dust jacket: approximately 5.75 x 9 inches tall: 160 pages: black and white illustrations and green black and white diagrams throughout. Synopsis: Entitled mechanised farming: a complete Handbook for the modern farmer, this revised second edition includes five new chapters, was designed by a leading fuel company to promote the 1950 mechanised revolution in farming techniques, and was originally sold for eight shillings and sixpence. Diagrams and illustration accompany down-to-earth instruction and still relevent practical advice. Contents include: -- Foreword . Why Mechanise a Farm?. The Internal Combustion Engine. The Transmission System. The Right Tractor for the Job. Horticultural Cultivations. Spraying. The Tractor at Work: Ploughing , Row -Crop Cultivation, Implement Operation. The Power Lift and Its Implements. Fuels for Farmers. Farm Drying. The Importance of Lubrication. The Maintenance of Farm Implements. The Prevention of Rust. Fuel Storage. The Mechanised Dairy Farm: Milking, Cooling and Refrigeration, Sterilisation. Electricity on the Farm. Facts and Figures. A List of Esso Depots in 1950. Condition: dust jacket damaged and repaired: slight foxing to endpapers: overall very clean and good.
- Condition: Collectable- Good
- Dustcover: Yes
- Binding: Hardback
- Type: Used Books
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