Farm Power and Machinery Management

by Hunt, Donnell

• ISBN13: 9780813817569
• ISBN10: 0813817560
• Edition: 10th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-30
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

Used by more than 60,000 students since 1954, Farm Power and Machinery Management continues to be devoted to the selection, operation, maintenance, and replacement of tractors and farm machinery used in agricultural field production. The objectives of the 10th edition are to analyse the factors that constitute machinery management, to explain the function of the various machines and to indicate approaches and procedures for making management decisions. This book will be of practical use for equipment dealers and manufacturers, farm lenders and managers, landowners and farmers, as well as farm operators. Additionally, the management principles and the machinery operating details are useful to students preparing for careers in agricultural education, agricultural mechanisation, agricultural business, or agricultural engineering.

Author Biography

Donnell Hunt is a retired assistant dean of engineering and professor of agricultural engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana; a registered professional engineer; and a fellow of the ASAE

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	viii
I. Economic Performance	1	(74)
Machine Performance	3	(26)
Power Performance	29	(34)
Operator Performance	63	(12)
II. Costs	75	(22)
Cost Determination	77	(20)
III. Operations	97	(122)
Tillage	99	(14)
Seedbed Preparation	113	(4)
Cultivation	117	(4)
Seeding Machines	121	(12)
Chemical Application	133	(16)
Grain Harvesting	149	(18)
Forage Harvesting	167	(20)
Farm Processing	187	(18)
Materials Handling	205	(10)
Special Crop Machines	215	(4)
IV. Power	219	(52)
The Farm Tractor	221	(50)
V. Equipment Selection	271	(24)
Machinery Selection	273	(8)
Power Selection	281	(12)
Used Equipment	293	(2)
VI. Laboratory Exercises	295	(40)
Appendices	335	(10)
Answers and New Problems	345	(20)
Index	365