Introduction to Farm Power and Machinery Management.

      Аннотация: Introduction to Farm Power and Machinery Management is an adequate textbook for students of Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, and Agricultural Mechanisation in Universities, colleges of Agriculture and polytechnics. It lays emphasis on importantly required technical skills in farm machinery management, especially in the area of power estimation, machinery selection/capacity management and the cost implication of machinery use and the ownership. The content includes preliminaries in farm machinery management, farm tractors and the ownership schemes, power and tractor requirements of agricultural implements, field capacity and efficiency of farm machines and implements. Farm machinery selection and cost of machine use are well treated. Students using this textbook are expected to have the basic background in Agricultural Science, Physics, Mathematics and Economics.

Ключевые слова: FARM, machines, power, cost of use, machinery selection, machine capacity