Author: Jerold A
Publisher: Voyageur Pre
Keywords: farm, values, family, story, tells, tale
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2005-03-31
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0896585107
ISBN-13: 9780896585102

Fork handle—$.65 Mash for chickens—$7.15 One milk pail—$1.15 Horse collar and pad—$8.15 Gloves for Herm—$.52 "Chores started on the home farm when you were around four years old, depending on, as Pa would say, ‘how much meat you have on your bones.’. . . " So begins Jerry Apps’s "Every Farm Tells a Story," a collection of true tales inspired by entries in his mother’s farm account books. The values recorded in the account books prompt recollections of Jerry’s childhood and the traditional family farm values and ethics instilled in him by Ma and Pa. Running a Wisconsin dairy farm in t

Author: Randy Leffingwell
Publisher: Crestline
Keywords: farm, tractor, history, tractors, classic
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 1996-04-08
List price: $15.98
ISBN-10: 0760302464
ISBN-13: 9780760302460

The farm tractor brought the Industrial Revolution to the farm. It lifted the burden from the horse power to horsepower and brought mechanized power into the hands of all farmers. This book tells the fascinating story of the development of the farm tractor with more than 250 color photos of tractors from across the United States.

Author: Michael Dregni
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Keywords: farm, heartwarming, family, tales, memories, century, vintage, tractors, years, tractor
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2003-12-14
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0896580024
ISBN-13: 9780896580022

"100 Years of Vintage Farm Tractors" is devoted to die-hard tractor fans who "get it"-those who get excited restoring, reading about and reveling in images of beloved farm tractors-from gas-powered tractors to Poppin’ Johnnies and Minne-Mos, from Farmalls to Fordsons. Stories are by authors such as Justin Isherwood (horse versus tractor farming), Bill Holm (our faith in machinery), Hamlin Garland (threshing days), Patricia Penton Leimbach (a farmwife’s view of tractors), Loren Paine (tractors as "man things"), Jerry Apps (homemade tractors), Orlan Skare (the agony and ecstasy of

Authors:Robert E. Evenson, Prabhu Pingali,
Publisher: North Holland
Keywords: farm, agricultural, production, markets, farmers, development, economics, volume, handbook
Number of Pages: 846
Published: 2007-07-12
List price: $154.95
ISBN-10: 0444518738
ISBN-13: 9780444518736

Volume 3 of this series of the Handbooks in Economics follows on from the previous two volumes by focusing on the fundamental concepts of agricultural economics. The first part of the volume examines the developments in human resources and technology mastery. The second part follows on by considering the processes and impact of invention and innovation in this field. The effects of market forces are examined in the third part, and the volume concludes by analysing the economics of our changing natural resources, including the past effects of climate change.Overall this volume forms a comprehen

Author: Judy Wolfman
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
Keywords: life, farm, goat
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2001-03
List price: $23.93
ISBN-10: 1575055155
ISBN-13: 9781575055152

Authors:Anssi Niskanen, W. Sekot,
Publisher: Brill Academic Publisher
Keywords: european, forestry, farm, situation, commission, forest, institute, economic, report, monitoring, accountancy, establishing, networks, mosefa, guidelines, socio
Number of Pages: 126
Published: 2001-05-01
List price: $97.00
ISBN-10: 9004122893
ISBN-13: 9789004122895

Authors:Herbert P. Richter, F. P. Hartwell,
Publisher: Park Publishing, Inc.
Keywords: electrical, practical, farm, commercial, residential, wiring, amp, industr, code, based, industrial, national
Number of Pages: 677
Published: 2008-05-01
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 0971977925
ISBN-13: 9780971977921

Critical revisions in technical topics driven by emerging technology and code changes comprise this truly comprehensive reference that gives an insider’s look at how the electrical trade works. The guidelines provide an essential context for understanding the major industry segments—residential, farm, commercial, and industrial—and the techniques help solve all wiring problems. A wealth of tips and handy tricks offered in a professional, down-to-earth style make this a favorite on-the-job resource. Professional practitioners, students and apprentices, and those seeking more information