This text contains a detailed guide to fertilising machinery, with information on manure spreaders, loaders, sowers, ploughs, and many other forms of machinery used in the fertilisation process. Complete with simple, step-by-step instructions, information on maintenance and repair, handy tips, and a plethora of photographs and illustrations, this text will be of great use to any farmer. It will also be of considerable value to those with a general interest in the development of agricultural machinery. The chapters of this text include: 'Manure Spreaders', 'The Frame', 'The Tight Bottom with Conveyer', 'Conveyer Drive', 'The Lower Beater', 'The Upper Beater', 'Widespread Device', 'Beater Drive', 'Box', 'Lime-Spreader Attachment', 'Mechanical Loaders', 'Granular-Fertilizer Distributors', etcetera. We are proud to republish this antiquarian volume, now complete with a new introduction on agricultural tools and machinery.