Farm Equiptment and How to Use It

Rating:
Summary: Memory Lane Is A Pleasant Neighborhood
Review: Wow! The iron tools of fields, sheds and barnyards when I was a lad are alive and well in this book. There needs to be a companion CD with the sounds of the implements working. (You never forget the sound of a poorly oiled hay carrier in a hot, dusty barn as it moves across the rail to where you dump your next pile of hay - and forking work.) Always did like line drawings, and there are plenty here.

The articles had some neat patches for holes in my understanding of windmill pumps and numerous other items. Much of the book is as useful now as it was then. An example is the table that shows the life in years of various woods used as fenceposts. (Osage Orange still has almost as many nicknames as favorite body parts.)

If you grew up with them as I did, it will be hard to read this without thinking of some of the fine people that used to operate the equipment in these pages. Back when daily work relied more on armstrong lift and hay-eating horsepower than hydraulic or electric gadgets, the tough regimen helped mold some great qualities and fine people. They left us clean, fertile fields and a good example. Sure miss a lot of them.

Rating:
Summary: Memory Lane Is A Pleasant Neighborhood
Review: Wow! The iron tools of fields, sheds and barnyards when I was a lad are alive and well in this book. There needs to be a companion CD with the sounds of the implements working. (You never forget the sound of a poorly oiled hay carrier in a hot, dusty barn as it moves across the rail to where you dump your next pile of hay - and forking work.) Always did like line drawings, and there are plenty here.

The articles had some neat patches for holes in my understanding of windmill pumps and numerous other items. Much of the book is as useful now as it was then. An example is the table that shows the life in years of various woods used as fenceposts. (Osage Orange still has almost as many nicknames as favorite body parts.)

If you grew up with them as I did, it will be hard to read this without thinking of some of the fine people that used to operate the equipment in these pages. Back when daily work relied more on armstrong lift and hay-eating horsepower than hydraulic or electric gadgets, the tough regimen helped mold some great qualities and fine people. They left us clean, fertile fields and a good example. Sure miss a lot of them.