Herbert A Shearer

Farm Mechanics Herbert A Shearer

This special re-print edition of Shearer's book "Farm Mechanics" is a guide to utilizing basic farm equipment and old fashioned farming tools and watering systems. Written in 1918, this classic text provides insight into everything a person would wish to know about farm equipment and tools from a century ago. Chapters include The Farm Shop With Tools For Working Wood and Iron, Farm Shop Work, Generating Mechanical Power To Drive Modern Farm Equipment, Driven Machines, Working the Soil, Handling the Hay Crop, Farm Conveyances and more . A truly unique and highly informative book that sheds considerable light on farming from the World War One period. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.