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Agricultural Hand Tools Roy Brigden

Agricultural Hand Tools By Roy Brigden

Agricultural Hand Tools by Roy Brigden


$11.99
Condition - Very Good
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Summary

A range of tools, once familiar to the farmworker, gradually became obsolete during the twentieth century. This album describes these tools and the farming processes they performed in the period before the general dominance of the tractor and combine harvester.

Agricultural Hand Tools Summary

Agricultural Hand Tools by Roy Brigden

A range of tools, once familiar to the farmworker, gradually became obsolete during the twentieth century. This album describes these tools and the farming processes they performed in the period before the general dominance of the tractor and combine harvester.

About Roy Brigden

Roy Brigden is Keeper of the Museum of English Rural Life at the University of Reading. The extensive collection there of hand tools and farm equipment, together with a wealth of documentary and illustrative material, have prompted this survey.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Field maintenance and preparation; Seeding and weeding; Harvesting; Processing the crop; Further reading; Places to visit

Additional information

GOR001771543
9780852636305
085263630X
Agricultural Hand Tools by Roy Brigden
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
19830401
32
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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