FARM IMPLEMENTS 



AND 



FARM MACHINERY. 



PART I. 



MECHANICS. 



CHAPTER I. 



INTRODUCTION. 



No farm can be well furnished vvithout a large number 

 of machines and implements. Scarcely any labor is per- 

 formed Avithout their assistance, from the simple opera- 

 tions of hoeing and spading, to the more complex work 

 of turning the sod and driving the thrashing-machine. 

 The more perfect this machinery, and the better fitted to 

 its work, the greater will be the gain derived by the farm- 

 er from its use. It becomes, therefore, a matter of vital 

 importance to be able to construct the best, or to select 

 the best already constructed, and to apply the forces re- 

 quired for the use of such machines to the greatest possi- 

 ble advantage. 

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