Farm Tools and Equipments for Agriculture

Surendra Singh (Author)

9789385516221

Hardback, published 15 October 2015

706 pages
25 x 15 x 1.5 cm, 1.32 kg

The book serves as a comprehensive resource for all necessary information regarding the tools and equipment utilized in land development, seed bed preparation, seeding, planting and transplanting, weeding and interculture, plant protection, harvesting and threshing, straw management, horticulture, and forage crops. Each items description, uses, and power source requirements are all included. Furthermore, the book concludes with a list of manufacturers who have contributed illustrations and photographs to aid readers in easily locating these items. The information provided within the book is extensive and thorough.

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Land levelling equipment
• 3. Tillage equipment
• 4. Seeding, planting and transplanting equipment
• 5. Weeding and fertilizer application equipment
• 6. Plant protection equipment
• 7. Harvesting and threshing equipment
• 8. Forage harvesting equipment
• 9. Farm tools and equipment for horticulture, plantation and hill agriculture
• 10. Farm tools and equipment for dryland agriculture
• 11. Straw management equipment.