Farm Machinery

Claude Culpin

Description

This vintage book contains a detailed handbook of farm machinery, with chapters on everything from general maintenance to the fundamental principles of mechanisation. With detailed information and helpful diagrams, this timeless volume will be of considerable utility to modern farmers, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: “Agricultural Tools and Machinery”, “Acknowledgements”, “Tractors: Development and Principles of Operation”, “Tractor Types: Constructional Features”, “Tillage”, “Development, Design and Construction of the Plough”, “The Setting and Operation of Ploughs”, “The Principal Types of Tractor Plough”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on agricultural tools and machinery.

Sujets

• Agronomie
• Agronomy for Sustainable Development
• Agriculture
• Engineering
• Technology
• Sciences et techniques

Informations

• Publié par: Read Books Ltd.
• Date de parution: 16 avril 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781446547786
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 12 Mo

Extrait

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Adams Benson, Ltd.
Allen Simmonds (Auto Culto). Ltd.
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co.
E. Allman Co. Ltd.
Jack Barclay, Ltd.
Bamfords Ltd.
Robert Boby, Ltd.
Bomford Evershed, Ltd.
British Thomson-Houston Co. Ltd.
Brockhouse Engineering (Southport) Ltd.
David Brown Tractors, Ltd.
C.A.V. Limited
J. Clubley Armstrong (Danarm)
Douglas, Lawson Co. Ltd.
Ford Motor Co. Ltd.
John Fowler Co. (Leeds), Ltd.
Gas Council
General Electric Co. Ltd.
Humberside Agricultural Products Co. Ltd.
International Harvester Co. of Great Britain. Ltd.
Johnson s (Engineering) Ltd.
Johnston Brothers (Contractors) Ltd.
Kennedy Kempe, Ltd.
Crosby Lockwood Son, Ltd.
Marshall, Sons Co. Ltd.
Martins Cultivator Co. Ltd.
Massey-Harris, Ltd.
Miller Wheel Cultivator Co. Ltd.
Mitchell, Colman Co. Ltd.
W. N. Nicholson Sons, Ltd.
Nu-Way Heating Plants, Ltd.
Packman Machinery, Ltd.
Penney Porter, Ltd.
J. A. Prestwich Co. Ltd.
Pulsometer Engineering Co. Ltd.
Ransomes, Sims Jefferies, Ltd.
Shell Mex B.P., Ltd.
Singleton, Flint Co. Ltd.
Tecalemit, Ltd.
Templewood Engineering Co. Ltd.
Thor Hammer Co.
W. A. Tyzack Co. Ltd.
Villiers Engineering Co. Ltd.
T. R. Walker
E. S. Walley Co. Ltd.
M. B. Wild Co. Ltd.
Wolf Electric Tools, Ltd.
Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Co. Ltd.
Wright s Ropes, Ltd.
Agricultural and Horticultural Series
FARM MACHINERY
FARM MACHINERY


BY
CLAUDE CULPIN,
M.A., Dip.Agric.(Cantab), M.I.B.A.E.
First published 1938 Second edition revised 1944
Acknowledgments
The author wishes to acknowledge valuable assistance kindly given by many individuals and firms in the preparation of the illustrations and in supplying information. Where possible the names of manufacturing firms or suppliers of copyright photographs are indicated beneath the respective illustrations.
Contents

Preface to the Fourth Edition
Acknowledgments

Chapter
I Tractors : Development and Principles of Operation
Development of modern tractors-Use in British farming -Cost of tractor work -Choice of a tractor, viz. type, sine, engine, wheels, etc . -Tractor power or capacity -Tractor tests -Economic operation : loading -Wheel slip -Operating speeds -Engine speed -Maintenance -Safety precautions .
II Tractor Types : Constructional Features
Principal types-Row-crop or all-purpose -Standard type wheeled -Transmission -Belt pulley and power take-off -Drawbar and hitch -Wheels -Pneumatic tyres -Engines -Oil dilution -Carburettors -Diesel engines -Air cleaner -Oil filter -Governor -Power lifts -Power-lift linkage and implement control -Tracklayers -Half-track equipment -Market-garden tractors .
III Tillage
Objects and principles of tillage-Soil structure , moisture, temperature, aeration -Destruction of weeds and pests -Changing views on tillage -Influence of mechanization .
IV Development, Design and Construction of the Plough
Development and design -Plough components .
V The Setting and Operation of Ploughs
Setting of share , coulter , skimmer , breast -Principles of hitching trailed ploughs -Setting tractor-mounted ploughs -Draught of ploughs -Methods of tractor ploughing -Styles of ploughing - Essentials of good ploughing .
VI The Principal Types of Tractor Plough
Construction of trailed ploughs-Lift mechanisms -Wheels -Heavy ploughs for special work -Direct-coupled ploughs -Reversible ploughs -Subsoilers -Disc ploughs .
VII Implements for the Preparation of Seed-beds
Tined implements-Cultivators -The broadshare -Harrows, viz. zig-zag , wooden-framed and spring-tined -Spring-toothed weeders -Chain harrows -Self-cleaning tractor harrows -Reciprocating harrows -Disc harrows -Rolls and presses -Scrubbers and floats -Rotary cultivators .
VIII Seed Drills, Planting Machines and Implements for Inter-cultivations
Development of drills -Feed mechanisms -Coulters -Gearing -Steerage -Tractor drills -Operation -Root drills -Sugar beet drilling -Spacing drills -Single-seed drills -Press drills -Grass seed drills -Broadcasting machines -Potato planters -Fertilizer placement for potatoes -Economics of use of potato planters -Transplanting machines -Horse hoes -Tractor tool-bars for inter-cultivations -Ridgers -Hoeing tool-bars -Gapping or thinning machines -Inter-plant hoeing .
IX Manure Distributors
Fertilizer distributors -Feed mechanisms -Trailer attachments -Combined grain and fertilizer drills -Farmyard manure handling machinery , viz. loaders and spreaders -Manure handling systems -Distribution of liquid manure .
X Hay and Silage Machinery
Development of haymaking machinery -Construction and adustments of mowers -Power-driven mowers -Rotary grass cutters -Making hay -Horse , tractor and side-delivery rakes -Swath turners and tedders -Grass crushers and bruisers -Hay loaders , sweeps , elevators and stackers -Field baling -Types of balers , including pick-up types -Collecting the bales -Economic haymaking systems -Making silage -Machines for collecting green crops, viz. buckrakes , green crop loaders , cutter-loaders and forage harvesters -Silage choppers and shredders .
XI Binders
Development of harvesting machinery- The reaper- Construction and adjustments of the binder- Draught of binders- Power-driven binders- Flax pulling machines .
XII Threshing Machines
Development of the thresher- Sequence of operations in thresher- Construction and operation of finishing thresher- Threshing common crops- Straw stackers- Chaff blowers- Straw trussers .
XIII Combine Harvesters
Development- Methods of harvesting by combine- Windrowing- Main types of combine- Capacity- Cutting and threshing mechanisms- Grain handling- Operation and adjustments- Crop varieties- Combine harvester or binder .
XIV Root Harvesting Machinery
Potato lifting- Ploughs, spinners, elevator diggers, shaker diggers- Complete potato harvesters- Haulm destroyers- Potato sorters- Sugar beet looseners, lifters and harvesters- Multi-purpose root harvesters- Beet loaders .
XV Machinery for Land Drainage, Reclamation and Estate Maintenance
Drainage excavators- Trench-cutting machines- Mole drainage: methods of draining and types of mole plough- Machinery for land reclamation- Bull-dozers, angle dozers, earth scoops and graders- Tractor winches- Bracken cutting machines- Hedge cutting machines- Post-hole diggers .
XVI Barn Machinery
Grain cleaning and grading machinery- Sieve cleaners, winnowers, combined cleaning and grading machines, indented cylinders, pneumatic separators- Seed dusting machines- Chaff and root cutters- Grinding, kibbling and crushing machines- Plate mills, crushers, hammer mills- Meal bins- Cake breakers- Food-mixing machines- Layout of barn machinery- Sheep-shearing machines .
XVII Pumps and Spraying Machinery
Farm water supply- Types of pump, viz. lift, plunger, piston, centrifugal, rotary, semi-rotary, diaphragm and chain types- Capacity and efficiency- Hydraulic ram- Choice of pump- Installing pipes, etc .- Spraying machinery- Spray pumps, regulators and nozzles- Spray materials- Types of field crop sprayers, viz. high-volume, low-volume, universal, pneumatic and atomizer - Adjustments, operation and maintenance- Safety precautions- Orchard sprayers- Dusting machines- Irrigation .
XVIII Machinery for Milk Production
History of mechanized milking- Essentials of milking machines- Types of milking plant, viz. bucket, releaser and recorder, stationary and portable- Operation of milking machines- Economics of machine milking- Milk cooling- Refrigerated coolers- Sterilizing equipment- Cream separators .
XIX Crop Drying Equipment
Principles of crop drying- Grass drying- Drier capacities and efficiencies- Fuels- Types of grass driers, viz. tray, conveyor and high-temperature driers- Operation of grass driers- Collecting grass- Dried grass storage- Barn hay drying- Grain drying- Continuous driers- Operation of continuous driers- Batch type grain driers- Platform driers- Ventilated silo driers- Choice of a grain drier- Grain drier layouts .
XX Electricity on the Farm
Electrical terms and principles- Voltage, current, power and resistance- Alternating current- Applications of electricity including lighting, heating and power- Single and three-phase supply- Cost of power- Sizes of motors- Load characteristics- Special uses including electric fences- Wiring.,
XXI Farm Transport
Importance of transport in agriculture- Draught of vehicles- Pneumatic tyres- Tractor trailers, two wheeled- Trailer hitches and brakes- Four wheeled trailers- Self emptying trailers- Tractor and implement transporters- Self-propelled transport vehicles- Motor lorries and four-wheel-drive trucks- Hoists and lorry loaders- Universal elevators and tractor cranes- Transport in the farmyard .
XXII Horticultural Machinery
Special power units and cultivation implements- Cutter-bars for market garden tractors- Hand-type hedge trimmers- Soil sterilizing equipment- Compost shredders and mixers- Soil block-making machines- Fruit grading machinery- Vegetable washing machines .
XXIII Care and Maintenance of Farm Machinery
Housing- Care, repair and adjustment- Farm workshops- Oxy-acetylene and electric welding- Fuel and spares trailer .
XXIV Development and Economic Aspects of the Mechanization of Agriculture
Outline of early history- Mechanization in some foreign countries- Economic aspects- Mechanization and management- Methods of calculating operating costs- Factors affecting choice of equipment- Mechanization of small farms- Contract work and co-operation .
Appendix
I Fundamental Mechanical Principles and Simple Machines
Forces- Composition and resolution of forces- Moments, work, power, horse-power and energy- Mechanical advantage, velocity ratio and efficiency of machines- Simple machines, viz. the lever, wheel and axle, inclined plane, screw, wedge and pulleys- The hydraulic press or jack .
II The Transmission of Power
Belt