BC Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 I was up in the loft last night and managed to dig out two A4 photocopier boxes of old farming books which my father was given many years ago when they were clearing out the library. Well could not let these old books be thrown out. Anyway I can see myself spending a lot of time reading some of these over the winter months. First up is a book called FARM MECHANIZATION COSTS AND METHODS BY CLAUDE CULPIN 3 methods of using a medium powered tractor for ploughing 3 distinct methods of cultivation Farmhand manure handling methods General purpose drills 2 methods of hoeing both needing 2 men Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 7, 2008 Author Share Posted August 7, 2008 3 types of 1 man tractor hoes suitable for close work in root and vegetable crops. The top tractor is a International Farmall A with tool bar. Hand planting of potatoes Two types of 2 row potato planter requiring 3 operators Three types of spraying machine Automatic 1 man pick up balers ( A farmall A with a baler and A power unit) Equipment for cutting and collecting green crops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 7, 2008 Author Share Posted August 7, 2008 Green crop cutters collectors and harvesters Combine harvesting and stationary threshing Potato harvesting machinery Sugar Beet harvesting Machinery Mechinization of milk production and transport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 7, 2008 Author Share Posted August 7, 2008 The next book I had a look of was called THE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT OF FARMS By J.C. HAWKINS Tractor on 1/2 tracks - Fordson E27N Crawler tractor - Fowler Standard tractor ( Field Marshall ) and Row crop Tractor ( John Deere) Market garden tractor Standard tractor and tractor fitted with larger wheels and weights ( Fordson N) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 7, 2008 Author Share Posted August 7, 2008 A Fordson E27N and trailing plough Two furrow one way trailing plough and a two furrow mounted plough on a David Brown Single furrow mounted plough on a three wheeled Allis Chalmers tractor Plough Bodies Top - General purpose Middle - Semi digger Bottom - Digger Skim coulters in grassland Grub breaker plough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Some great books you have there. It is great to see how they did it those days. texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 7, 2008 Author Share Posted August 7, 2008 A harrow or "poly disc" plough Top - harrow lift Middle - harrow pole Bottom - Harrow pole used for transport Wire weeder and weeder-mulcher Furrow press and its work Corn Drills Cup feed Internal force feed External force feed Coulter Left to right Shoe / disc / star wheel fertilizer feed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 7, 2008 Author Share Posted August 7, 2008 Switch hitch for seed harrows on a hill Root drills - Brush feed / horizontal plate feed dismantled / agitator Grass seed drill Seeding units on a tool bar Fork and elevator manure loader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 7, 2008 Author Share Posted August 7, 2008 Tractor mounted manure loader and buckrake manure loader Trailer manure spreader ( Oliver ) Power driven manure spreader and manure spreader for heaps in the field Lorry mounted lime spreader Rear mounted mower and midmounted more Spinner type of swath turner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 7, 2008 Author Share Posted August 7, 2008 Some great books you have there. It is great to see how they did it those days. texas Glad you liked them Texas... I will have more to come tomorrow ... in the meantime I must get on with the day time job ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdman Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 now that is brilliant put a smile on my face anyway on the oldens ;D ;D 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 7, 2008 Author Share Posted August 7, 2008 now that is brilliant put a smile on my face anyway on the oldens ;D ;D 8) Well I'm glad a young un liked them too. More to follow tomorrow jdman so watch this space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britainswomble Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Great to see all the old pictures, and how little some of the machinery has changed over the years. My mum had a load of fifties and early sixties Dairy Farmer and I think Farmer and Stockbreeder magazines tucked away in her loft. Sadly when I asked her if she wanted a new home for them; she said she had thrown them away because she didn't think anyone would want them. It's the old adverts that I find really interesting. There were so many leaps forward with machinery at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Interesting books Bill, I've still got father's university books and they do make a good read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 8, 2008 Author Share Posted August 8, 2008 Great to see all the old pictures, and how little some of the machinery has changed over the years. My mum had a load of fifties and early sixties Dairy Farmer and I think Farmer and Stockbreeder magazines tucked away in her loft. Sadly when I asked her if she wanted a new home for them; she said she had thrown them away because she didn't think anyone would want them. It's the old adverts that I find really interesting. There were so many leaps forward with machinery at the time. Yes I too like old literature Will. More shots to come with advests from the books later on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 8, 2008 Author Share Posted August 8, 2008 Interesting books Bill, I've still got father's university books and they do make a good read. I must admit John they have been in the loft for years and I just decided to retreat to the loft the other night since it was pouring down and could not really do anything outside. So far that's only two of the books and yes one was a university one too it had someones name on it and Aberdeen University. I'm gonna have a lot of reading over this winter me thinks. ;D I too have my university books up in the loft but don't worry I'm not going to bore you with pictures of profit and loss accounts and balance sheets and such like things ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 8, 2008 Author Share Posted August 8, 2008 Ok part two from yesterdays book A combined swath turner and side delivery rake Automatic twine -tying pick up baler Pick up press Pike lifter Experimental mounted binder Rotating torpedo divider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 8, 2008 Author Share Posted August 8, 2008 Pick up reel on binder and continental type of binder reel Ransome portable threshing mill American portable threshing mill Pick up baler used with threshing mill Power take off combine Engine driven combine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 8, 2008 Author Share Posted August 8, 2008 Massey Harris self propelled combine and an Australian header Combine with pick up reel Combine with pick up attachment Disc coulters for ploughing in straw Portable pneumatic grain conveyor Green crop loader for short grass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 8, 2008 Author Share Posted August 8, 2008 Swinging windrower Swinging windrower at work ibn clover Green crop harvester and forage harvester Green crop loader Cutter blower Hand fed potato planter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 8, 2008 Author Share Posted August 8, 2008 Potato planter with hand assisted feed and an automatic potato planter Rear tool bar ridger Centre tool bar on a Fordson E27N and a front tool bar on a 3 wheeled John Deere Splitting drills with rear tool bar on a Ford ferguson Tool bar with potato lifting ploughs Mounted potato spinner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 8, 2008 Author Share Posted August 8, 2008 Elevator potato digger Elevator potato digger with deflector Two row elevator potato digger and a shaker potato digger Two row planting unit Automatic transplanter Gapper using a disc cutter and Gapper using L shaped blades Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 8, 2008 Author Share Posted August 8, 2008 Trailer sugar beet harvester and a mounted sugar beet harvester Pick up loader for sugar beet Compressor type field sprayer Mounted field spreader Mixing sulphuric acid spray Atomising sprayer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 8, 2008 Author Share Posted August 8, 2008 Large trailer duster Simple mounted duster Two wheeled trailer Four wheeled trailer Self propelled car ( Opperman I think) Drill trailer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted August 8, 2008 Author Share Posted August 8, 2008 Small automatic hammer mill Grass and grain driers Nicholson tillage implements and SHELL / BP T.V.O Roadless equipment and Templewood grass drier Dunlop tyres and Horsman brand " Stella Products" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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