TO SPEED THE PLOUGH: MECHANISATION COMES TO THE FARM. By Ian Niall.
(1977) later BC edition. Ppviii,231. B/w illustrations by C.F.Tunnicliffe.
The country way of life before mechanisation. Chapters include: The horse that ran off; To plough; The sower and the seed; The beast of burden; The herdsman's world; Hodge in the nineteenth century; The happy countryman; The farmer's wife; Trades and callings; The keeper's kingdom; The shepherd's place; The man in the forest; The hunting field; Horsepower takeover; The new ways; The foot hard down; Epilogue. A fine read, as always with Ian Niall.
The country way of life before mechanisation. Chapters include: The horse that ran off; To plough; The sower and the seed; The beast of burden; The herdsman's world; Hodge in the nineteenth century; The happy countryman; The farmer's wife; Trades and callings; The keeper's kingdom; The shepherd's place; The man in the forest; The hunting field; Horsepower takeover; The new ways; The foot hard down; Epilogue. A fine read, as always with Ian Niall.
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6382
| Author | Niall (Ian). [Pen-name of John Kincaid McNeillie (1916-2002)]. |
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| Book Code | 6382 |
| ISBN | B0007BKA52. |
| Book Description | Endpapers slightly foxed otherwise very good in dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1977 |
| Publisher | Readers Union. |
| Place | Newton Abbot, Devon. |