The Horsedrawn Mower Book


Book Description

Understanding, Evaluating, Rebuilding, Restoring, Tuning, sharpening, and Operating the McCormick Deering- International Number Nine horsedrawn mower and the McCormick Deering Number Seven and John Deere Big Four horsedrawn mowers.




Horsedrawn Plows & Plowing: Revised Edition


Book Description

Covers how to plow with horses using older equipment and new implements. Here you will find simple diagrams explaining tricky adjustments for both riding and walking plows. Detailed engineer's drawings will be immensely helpful to folks restoring equipment. Also includes close-up photos and information on new makes of animal-drawn plows including Pioneer and White Horse.




Haying with Horses


Book Description

Small Farmer's Journal is after a new view of involvement, ownership, craftsmanship, and the understandable/mysterious seeds of magic. They also seek the craft of good farming and the faith that comes of thankful farming. Small Farmer's Journal wants to be defenders and agents of and for good farming and they realize that they are a small endeavor with small consequences.A practical and comprehensive reference text covering all aspects of haymaking with horses and mules in harness. Offering in-depth information on mowers, rakes, hayloaders, buckrakes, stackers, tracks, and trollies for barns, hay fork systems, balers, wagons, feed sleds, and forecart adaptations. Haying with Horses covers the building of loose hay stacks and wagon loads as well as unloading systems and feeding systems.







Work Horse Handbook


Book Description

Small Farmer's Journal is after a new view of involvement, ownership, craftsmanship, and the understandable/mysterious seeds of magic. They also seek the craft of good farming and the faith that comes of thankful farming. Small Farmer's Journal wants to be defenders and agents of and for good farming and they realize that they are a small endeavor with small consequences. Work Horse Handbook has become a classic and the standard reference. This popular, highly regarded text is filled with current information and hundreds of photographs and drawings. It is a sensitive and intelligent examination of the craft of the teamster. From care and feeding through hitching and driving, every aspect is covered. Find out for yourself why this book is considered by thousands of people to be the volume on working horses in harness.




Horsedrawn Tillage Tools


Book Description

Horsedrawn Tillage Tools covers operation, care and repair of animal-powered cultivators, field cultivators, discs, harrows, ridge busters, listers and rollers as well as seedbed preparation and crop cultivation tools. It includes specifics of how animals are hitched and driven with these implements. The chapter on cultivation procedure covers a wide variety of field and row crop operations. The book also contains illustrated information on shovel and point types. Detailed engineer's drawings of John Deere, Oliver, McCormick-Deering, Parlin Orendorf, Avery and many other older manufacturers will be immensely helpful to folks restoring equipment. The book contains over 1,000 photos and illustrations covering the new and the old, the useful and the historic. 370 pages.




Sit a Tall Horse


Book Description

The 18 fictional stories of Sit a Tall Horse weave a substantial reality, its characters forged by lifetimes of ranch work with horses and cattle. Its main character Ben Wilder could be any cowboy, whose life story and skills prepare him to meet the needs and troubles of the K-Bar head-on, rising to be foreman of this vast, hidden ranch.







Training Workhorses


Book Description

Small Farmer's Journal is after a new view of involvement, ownership, craftsmanship, and the understandable/mysterious seeds of magic. They also seek the craft of good farming and the faith that comes of thankful farming. Small Farmer's Journal wants to be defenders and agents of and for good farming and they realize that they are a small endeavor with small consequences. This book combines two books into one. It covers the subjects of training horses to work in harness on the farm, in the woods, and on the road, and correcting behavior problems with work horses. It also trains people to drive and work horses. Good workhorse partners are the result of training approaches born of patience, kindness, determination, and understanding. It's a hard job of slow sure steps. And it's a hard job that pays big dividends. There is no "only way" to train for good, trustworthy, willing workhorses. But the goal of each approach should be for smart, courageous, comfortable partners. For an in-depth explanation of a gentle trust-building approach to work horse training, read L. R. Miller's Training Workhorses/Training Teamsters.




Lawnmowers & Grasscutters


Book Description

Lawnmowers and Grasscutters - A Complete Guide charts the fascinating history of this now common place piece of garden machinery, from the horse drawn contraptions of the past to the robot mowers of today, whilst looking at the design and development. Superbly illustrated with step-by-step photographs and instruction on care and maintenance, it provides vital reading to ensure that your lawnmower or grass cutter is working efficiently. Contents include: * Helping you choose the right machine * How to diagnose fault * Practical advice on how to care for your lawn * When to seek professional advice and repair * An introduction to the world of lawnmower racing AUTHOR: Ex-Lawn Mower racing champion, Brian Radam, began his apprenticeship at the ATCO Lawnmower Company repairing 425 lawnmowers every week and has been involved in the lawnmower world for over fifty years. In 1988 he opened the world's first Lawnmower museum in Southport, which he continues to run alongside his lawnmower repair business. SELLING POINTS: * A comprehensive book that covers the care and maintenance of lawnmowers and grasscutters * Provides an interesting history of the garden's most common place machine * Gives practical hints, tips and instructions to ensure your lawnmower is working efficiently and how to care for your lawn * Brian Radam has been involved in the lawnmower world for over fifty years ILLUSTRATIONS 158 colour photographs