agricultural machinery

Text and color illustrations explore how balers operate, including how they convert straw and cotton into round barrels.

An illustrated introduction to farm machinery.

An introduction to growing crops, the use of crop sprayers, and how farm machinery is important to farmers.

Describes how tractors work and the different jobs they do on a farm.

A look at some of the everyday machines around us, how they work, and how they shape our lives. Features cutaway and diagramatic views of each.

Explores the parts and uses of a farm quad and what happens on a farm.

Provides an introduction to twelve large pieces of farm machinery. Contains close-up and aerial photographs of the machines and discusses each machine's role in growing and harvesting crops for food.

Explores the parts and uses of balers and what happens on a farm.

Anyone who has ever tried to plant a garden, or even grow a plant, knows it’s not always an easy task. That’s why farmers do what they can to ensure a healthy crop, and that includes cultivating the soil. They till it, allowing air, nutrients, and water to circulate more easily. Doing this by hand would be nearly impossible on some farms, so farmers use some fantastic machines to aid them. Readers will love learning about the big machines called cultivators through labeled photographs and bright, accessible text.

Discusses machines on the farm.