Farm Machinery : Principles and Applications
Contents: 1. Foreword 2. Preface 3. Introduction 4. Physical Properties of Soil 5. Tillage Equipment 6. Seeding and Planting Equipment 7. Interculture Tools 8. Fertilizer Application Equipment 9. Plant Protection Equipment 10. Harvesting and Threshing Equipment 11. Hay and Forage Harvesting Equipment 12. Cleaners and Gradders 13. Land Levelling and Grading Equipment 14. Sugarcane Crusher 15. Horticultural Equipments 16. Equipments for Plantation Crops 17. Indian Standards in Farm Machinery 18. Cost Analysis 19. Research and Development Needs in Farm Mechanization 20. Appendices 21. Index
This book consists of fundamental facts and basic theory of agricultural machinery and its devices. In this, emphasis has been given on various aspects of soil, tillage, seeding, fertilizer application, plant protection, harvesting and threshing, forage harvesting equipments, etc and also intercultural tools, levellers, graders, crushers, cleaners etc.
It provides all the relevant latest information in the field of farm machinery with special emphasis on the basic principle of working systems and devices. This will prove to be a good reference book for Agriculture and Agricultural Engineering students. This book is mainly addressed to the undergraduate students of agricultural engineering irrespective of their specialization.
This book consists of fundamental facts and basic theory of agricultural machinery and its devices. In this, emphasis has been given on various aspects of soil, tillage, seeding, fertilizer application, plant protection, harvesting and threshing, forage harvesting equipments, etc and also intercultural tools, levellers, graders, crushers, cleaners etc.
It provides all the relevant latest information in the field of farm machinery with special emphasis on the basic principle of working systems and devices. This will prove to be a good reference book for Agriculture and Agricultural Engineering students. This book is mainly addressed to the undergraduate students of agricultural engineering irrespective of their specialization.
