The Combine Harvester by Jonathan Whitlam

The Combine Harvester by Jonathan Whitlam

This book tells the complete story of one of the most significant agricultural inventions of all time--the combine harvester. Starting with the early straw walkers and rotary models, the author charts the chronological evolution of these complex machines which soon became indispensable to the cereal farmer. The author shows how the combine developed into the huge modern machine, capable of processing hundreds of acres of wheat in a day. The story of the combine harvester is meshed with the cereal harvest, starting with first mechanisation of the harvest with the sail reaper, moving through to the binder and then the threshing drum. The book describes the early arrival of the combine harvester in the shape of the reaper-thresher in the USA and then smaller more compact trailed versions that were also used in Europe. The self-propelled combine arrived in the 1940s which is when the idea really began to take off. The book looks at the various different makes of combine harvester such as those produced by Case, New Holland, International Harvester, John Deere and Massey Ferguson and discusses what the future holds for the combine harvester, including advanced designs and driverless drones. Accompanied by a wide variety of new colour photographs, this book will appeal to farm machinery enthusiasts and those interested in the development of modern industrial machinery.

Jonathan Whitlam is a tractor specialist and author of several books on tractors. He and Stephen Richmond run the Tractor Barn company which produces DVDs and other media based on tractors.

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ISBN 13	9781445677712
ISBN 10	1445677717
Title	The Combine Harvester
Author	Jonathan Whitlam
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Amberley Publishing
Year published	2018-09-15
Number of pages	96
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