Old Farm Tools and Machinery: An Illustrated History by Blandford, Percy W - 1976

Fort Lauderdale, FL: Gale Research Company, 1976 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo. 188 pp, list of 30 b&w illustrations and 41 drawings, 1. Thr Rural Sceme; 2. From Animal to Steam Power; 3. The Coming of Tractors; 4. Ploughing; 5. Planting and Sowing; 6. Cultivating; 7. Harvesting Cereals; 8. Harvesting Other Crops; 9. Estate Management; 10. Stock Management and Feeding; 11. Dairy Produce; appendices: 1. sources of information; 2. glossary; bibliography, index, index. First American Edition, 1976. "The author paints a complete picture of working farming life from its primitive beginnings to present-day automation. Concentrating on the early days of agriculture, he depicts the rural scene when man first scratched a living from the earth, then elaborates on the great changes effected with the move from animal to steam power, with emphasis on the role of the internal combustion engine in the shape of the tractor including 40 pages of meticulously observed line diagrams and 30 photographic plates taken during the author's researches in Europe an the United States with subjects ranging from threshing with oxen in Turkey to harvesting with modern combine in the American West." from the jacket flap. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine..