Download or read book Progress and Economic Problems in Farm Mechanization (Classic Reprint) written by A. M. Acock and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-13 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Progress and Economic Problems in Farm Mechanization While the term mechanization embraces every form of farm equipment from the simplest to the most complex, the statistical in formation available makes it necessary to confine quantitative analysis to tractors and other factory-produced equipment. The wide di versity of this machinery and the lack of uniformity in national statistics further complicate any detailed comparison of particular items of equipment other than tractors. Statistical reports frequently do not distinguish between tractors used for agricultural and non agricultural purposes, and most of them do not record the types and sizes of the machines. Under the circumstances, tractors only are expressed in units in this publication; other types of factory-produced equipment are measured in terms of market value. The latter in olude tillage and cultivating implements, seeding and harvesting equipment, Sprayers and dusters, barnyard equipment, dairy farm requisites, and spare parts, but not irrigation pumps and stationary engines. In much of the discussion the tractor has been used as the symbol of power-operated equipment in general. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.