VINTAGE FARM MACHINES

Shire Album #1

By John Vince

5.75" x 8.25", 32 page staple bound booklet, ISBN # 0-85263-440-4, First published 1973, Reprinted 1975, Second Edition 1978

Primitive farmers had to rely on their own strength to cultivate the soil and gather the harvest. An unknown genius invented the plough, which could be harnessed to horses or oxen, and so the situation remained for centuries. In the 18th technological improvements in other industries began to be adapted for agricultural use, and in the 19th century the full ingenuity of the Victorian manufacturer was exercised to the benefit of the farmer. Many Victorian inventions were so good that they remained in use practically unaltered for a hundred years. This book illustrates, with explanatory text, many of the machines used for ploughing, hoeing, sowing, haymaking and harvesting, including the steam traction engines that powered some of them.

The booklet is complete and in  GOOD - VERY GOOD condition with some overall wear that includes some scrapes and scuffs along the spine on the front and back covers.