This antique text contains a detailed treatise on farm mechanics, including information on tools, shop work, driving and driven machines, farm waterworks, and the care and repair of farm implements. A thorough and detailed book complete with helpful information and detailed illustrations, this text contains much in the way of information that will benefit the farmer, and is a book not to be missed by collectors of antique farming literature. The chapters of this book include: 'Farm Mechanics', 'The Farm Shop With Tools For Working Wood And Iron', 'Farm Shop Work', 'Generating Mechanical Power to Drive Modern Farm Machinery', 'Driven Machines', 'Working The Soil', 'Handling The Hay Crop', and more. This text was originally published in 1918 and is proudly republished now complete with a new introduction on agricultural tools and machinery.