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050 0 4 _aS675
_b.H83 2016
100 1 _aHunt, Donnell,
245 1 0 _aFarm power and machinery management /
_cDonnell Hunt, David Wilson.
250 _aEleventh edition.
264 1 _aLong Grove, Illinois :
_bWaveland Press,
_c[2016]
264 4 _c©2016.
300 _avii, 360 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c28 cm.
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _a1. Machine performance 2. Power performance 3. Operator performance 4. Cost determination 5. Tillage 6. Seedbed preparation 7. Cultivation 8. Seeding machines 9. Chemical application 10. Grain harvesting 11. Forage harvesting 12. Farm processing 13. Materials handling 14. Special crop machines 15. The farm tractor 16. Machinery selection 17. Power selection 18. Used equipment Laboratory exercises.
520 _aThe latest, extensively updated edition of Farm Power and Machinery Management continues the tradition of providing students, farmers, farm operators, and farm managers with comprehensive information on how to properly manage and optimize the use of mechanized equipment to reduce costs and maximize profits. This full-featured text analyzes the factors that comprise machinery management, explains the functions of the various machines and mechanisms as they affect economic operation, and offers contemporary approaches and procedures for making management decisions. The authoritative coverage of current management principles and the machinery-operating details make this text an outstanding choice for courses in agricultural education, agricultural mechanization, agricultural business, and agricultural engineering. An understanding of agricultural practices, college algebra, and trigonometry are adequate preparation for using this text. Abundant figures, photographs, and charts, along with problems and laboratory exercises, reinforce the applicability of significant concepts, thereby empowering readers to become successful farm machinery managers and operators.
650 0 _aAgricultural machinery.
650 0 _aFarm mechanization.
700 1 _aWilson, David,
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