Harvest, the most critical phase of the farming year, has always required full mobilisation of resources for maximum effort during the short period when crop ripeness and suitable weather conditions coincide. Mechanical means of assistance were first used, as far as we know, in Roman times but the story of harvesting machinery really belongs to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Roy Brigden is Keeper of the Museum of English Rural Life at the University of Reading. Other Shire titles by this author: Agricultural Hand Tools Ploughs and Ploughing
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Roy Brigden Imprint: Shire Publications Country of Publication: United Kingdom Volume: 234 Dimensions:
Height: 210mm,
Width: 149mm,
Spine: 4mm
Weight: 96g ISBN:9780852639795 ISBN 10: 0852639791 Series:Shire Library Pages: 32 Publication Date:01 April 1989 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active