DiscoveringHorseDrawnFarmMachinery

AtthebeginningoftheeighteenthcenturytheAgriculturalRevolutionrevolutionizedfarming.Centuries-oldmethodswerediscardedandwidespreadimprovementsweremade.Oneofthemostnotablechangeswasthereplacementofdraughtoxenwiththemoreversatilespecialheavybreedsofhorses.TheVictorianingenuityoftheIndustrialRevolutionproducedanenormousrangeofhorse-drawnagriculturalmachinery.Fieldshadbeenploughedbydraughtanimalsforcenturies，butsuddenlynewhorse-drawnmachineryincludednotjustploughs，butgrubbers，cultivators，harrows，rollers，drills，reapers，binders，rootlifters，manurespreadersandrakes.Thisbookdescribesandillustratesthesemachines，thehorsesandtheirharness，inventorsandmanufacturersandliststheplaceswherethemachinescanbeseentoday.