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Harris Pearson Smith. Farm Machinery and Equipment
Farm Machinery and Equipment
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1. FARM MACHINERY AND ITS RELATION TO AGRICULTURE
REFERENCES
QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 2. MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
NONMETALLIC MATERIALS
NONFERROUS METALS
FERROUS METALS
REFERENCES
QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 3. MECHANICS
REFERENCES
QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 4. TRANSMISSION OF POWER AND COMPONENT PARTS OF MACHINES
METHODS OF TRANSMITTING POWER
TYPES OF CLUTCHES
COMPONENT PARTS OF MACHINES
REFERENCES
QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 5. LUBRICANTS AND LUBRICATION
SERVICE CLASSIFICATIONS OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINE LUBRICATING OILS
GEAR LUBRICANTS
GREASES
REFERENCES
QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 6. HYDRAULIC POWER LIFTS AND RUBBER TIRES. HYDRAULIC POWER
RUBBER TIRES FOR FARM EQUIPMENT
REFERENCES. Hydraulic Lifts
Rubber Tires
QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS. Hydraulic Lifts
Rubber Tires
CHAPTER 7. SELECTION OF FARM MACHINERY
REFERENCES
PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 8. TILLAGE HISTORY AND REQUIREMENTS
REFERENCES
PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 9. PRIMARY TILLAGE EQUIPMENT
MOLDBOARD PLOWS
DISK PLOWS
ROTARY PLOWS
CHISEL AND SUBSURFACE PLOWS
GIANT PLOWS
RATE OF PLOWING
HITCHES FOR PLOWS
REFERENCES
QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 10. SECONDARY TILLAGE EQUIPMENT
HARROWS
LAND ROLLERS AND PULVERIZERS
SUBSURFACE TILLAGE TOOLS AND FIELD CULTIVATORS
ROTARY HOE
REFERENCES
PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 11. PLANTING EQUIPMENT
ROW-CROP PLANTERS
BROADCAST CROP PLANTERS
REFERENCES
QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 12. WEED-CONTROL EQUIPMENT
CULTIVATORS
FLAME CULTIVATION
CHEMICAL WEED CONTROL
REFERENCES
QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 13. SPRAYING AND DUSTING EQUIPMENT
SPRAYING EQUIPMENT
HYDRAULIC SPRAYERS
HYDRO-PNEUMATIC SPRAYERS
BLOWER SPRAYERS
AEROSOL GENERATORS—FOG MACHINES
CONTROLLING THE SPRAY APPLICATION
CALIBRATION OF SPRAYERS
FORMULAE FOR SPRAYERS
DUSTING EQUIPMENT
REFERENCES
QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 14. FERTILIZING EQUIPMENT
MANURE SPREADERS
GRANULAR-FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTORS
EQUIPMENT FOR APPLYING LIQUID AND GAS FERTILIZERS
REFERENCES
QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 15. HAY AND FORAGE HARVESTING EQUIPMENT
HAY HARVESTING EQUIPMENT
FORAGE-HARVESTING EQUIPMENT
REFERENCES
QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 16. GRAIN HARVESTING EQUIPMENT
DEVELOPMENT
GRAIN BINDERS
GRAIN THRESHERS
GRAIN COMBINES
REFERENCES
QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 17. CORN HARVESTING EQUIPMENT
REFERENCES
PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 18. COTTON HARVESTING EQUIPMENT
HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT
THE COTTON STRIPPER
THE COTTON PICKER
COST OF HARVESTING COTTON
REFERENCES
PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 19. MISCELLANEOUS HARVESTING EQUIPMENT
IRISH POTATO HARVESTERS
SWEET POTATO HARVESTERS
SUGAR-BEET HARVESTERS
PEANUT HARVESTING
SUGAR-CANE HARVESTERS
CASTOR-BEAN HARVESTERS
HARVESTING PEAS, BEANS, SOYBEANS, AND GRAIN SORGHUMS
REFERENCES
PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 20. CROP-PROCESSING EQUIPMENT
CROP-RESIDUE DISPOSAL EQUIPMENT
CORN SHELLERS
FEED GRINDERS AND MILLS
FEED MIXERS
FARM CROP DRYER
REFERENCES
PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 21. LABORSAVING EQUIPMENT
ELEVATORS
TRUCK AND WAGON HOISTS
TRACTOR-HITCH UTILITY CARRIER
POWER LOADERS
TRUCK, WAGON, AND BIN UNLOADERS
TRANSPORT MIXER-FEEDERS
POWER POST-HOLE DIGGERS
BRUSH CUTTING EQUIPMENT
AIR COMPRESSORS
REFERENCES
PROBLEMS
APPENDIX. CONTENTS
INDEX
