. Elementary principles of agriculture; a text book for the common schools. Agriculture. 274 Etementary Principles of Agriculture to be called tools, — has made the modern farmer a mechanic. Modern haying implements, consisting of mowers, rakes, hay-loaders, stackers and presses, have greatly reduced the hand work in hay-making. It has been estimated that the farmer of 1850 spent eleven hours in cutting and storing a ton of hay, while, under modern methods, the time has been reduced to one hour and thirty-nine minutes. There are machines for every. Fig. 176. McCormick reaping machine, 1834. cl
. Elementary principles of agriculture; a text book for the common schools. Agriculture. 274 Etementary Principles of Agriculture to be called tools, — has made the modern farmer a mechanic. Modern haying implements, consisting of mowers, rakes, hay-loaders, stackers and presses, have greatly reduced the hand work in hay-making. It has been estimated that the farmer of 1850 spent eleven hours in cutting and storing a ton of hay, while, under modern methods, the time has been reduced to one hour and thirty-nine minutes. There are machines for every. Fig. 176. McCormick reaping machine, 1834. class of farm work : Threshing-machines for threshing grain; shellers, for shelling corn from the cob; huskers and shredders, for removing the ears from the corn- stalk and converting the latter into palatable food for farm animals, and many others. This is true to such an extent that large farms have nearly as much invested in machinery as some factories. Many forms of machinery used on the farm require considerable power. Wind- mills, gasoline engines, and even steam engines, are not. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ferguson, A. M. (Alexander McGowen), 1874-; Lewis, Lowery Laymon, 1869- joint author. Sherman, Tex. , Ferguson Publishing Company
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