Farm experience with the tractor /

Farm experience with the tractor /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Yerkes, Arnold P. (Arnold Phipps), 1885-
Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1915.
Description:	44 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture ; no. 174 Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture ; no. 174.
Subject:	Farm tractors. Farm tractors.
Format:	U.S. Federal Government Document Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11373976

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Other authors / contributors:	Mowry, H. H. (Herbert Hager), 1879- United States. Department of Agriculture.
Notes:	Caption title. "April 15, 1915."
Other form:	Online version: Yerkes, Arnold P. (Arnold Phipps), 1885- Farm experience with the tractor. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1915
Govt.docs classification:	A 1.3:174

Table of Contents:

Introduction. pp. 1.
Designation of tractors. pp. 2.
Steam and gas tractors. pp. 3.
The gas tractor and the horse. pp. 4.
Tractor ratings. pp. 5.
Source of data. pp. 6.
Observations of business men. pp. 7.
Opinions of tractor owners. pp. 8.
Reports of satisfied and dissatisfied owners. pp. 10.
Gasoline and kerosene tractors. pp. 18.
Fuel supply. pp. 20.
Fuel consumption. pp. 21.
Lubricating oil
Cross section of plows drawn and area plowed by tractors. pp. 23.
Breaking. pp. 24.
Combination work. pp .25.
Depth of plowing. pp. 26.
Packing soil by tractors. pp. 27.
Comparison of different sizes of tractors. pp. 28.
Size of farm. pp. 30.
Use of tractors at night. pp. 33.
Custom work. pp. 34.
Repairs. pp. 35.
Displacement of horses by tractors. pp. 37.
Conditions essential to success with the tractor. pp. 39.
Summary. pp. 41.