Discovering Horse-Drawn Farm Machinery - Shire Classics

At the beginning of the eighteenth century the Agricultural Revolution revolutionized farming. Centuries-old methods were discarded and widespread improvements were made. One of the most notable changes was the replacement of draught oxen with the more versatile special heavy breeds of horses. The Victorian ingenuity of the Industrial Revolution produced an enormous range of horse-drawn agricultural machinery. Fields had been ploughed by draught animals for centuries, but suddenly new horse-drawn machinery included not just ploughs, but grubbers, cultivators, harrows, rollers, drills, reapers, binders, root lifters, manure spreaders and rakes. This book describes and illustrates these machines, the horses and their harness, inventors and manufacturers and lists the places where the machines can be seen today.

ISBN:	9780852636640
Publisher:	Osprey Publishing
Imprint:	Shire
Published date:	20 May 2008
DEWEY:	631.371
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	96
Weight:	148g
Height:	177mm
Width:	114mm
Spine width:	6mm

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