Farm Power and Machinery Management / Edition 10

by Donnell Hunt

Overview

Hunt (University of Illinois) provides guidance in the selection, operation, maintenance, and replacement of tractors and farm machinery used in agricultural field production. The tenth edition of this textbook features the latest conservation tillage practices and equipment, new tire ratings, and a new section on instrumentation.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781577665731
Publisher:	Waveland Press, Inc.
Publication date:	03/28/2008
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

Preface.

Acknowledgments..

I: Economic Performance.

1. Machine Performance.

2. Power Performance.

3. Operator Performance..

II: Costs.

4. Cost Determination..

III: Operations.

5. Tillage.

6. Seedbed Preparation.

7. Cultivation.

8. Seeding Machines.

9. Chemical Application.

10. Grain Harvesting.

11. Forage Harvesting.

12. Farm Processing.

13. Materials Handling.

14. Special Crop Machines..

IV: Power.

15. The Farm Tractor..

V: Equipment Selection.

16. Machinery Selection.

17. Power Selection.

18. Used Equipment..

VI: Laboratory Exercises.

Appendices.

Answers and New Problems.

Index.