Farm Power and Machinery

1. Machine Performance
Capacities / Time Efficiency / Breakdowns / Quality Performance / Performance Testing

2. Power Performance
Tractor Power / Rolling Resistance / Power Measurement / Tractor Tests / Fuel Consumption / Engine Oil Consumption / Power Requirements / Part-Load Operation

3. Operator Performance
Operator Skill / Operator Aids for Control / Instrumentation / Amount of Labor / Value of Labor / Safety / Compliance

Part II: COSTS

4. Cost Determination
Depreciation / Machine Life / Depreciation Methods / Inflation / IRS / Rapid Depreciation / Renting and Leasing / Interest on Investment / Property and Sales Tax / Insurance / Shelter / Variable Costs / Repair / Approximate Annual Costs / Cost Records / Replacement

Part III: OPERATIONS

5. Tillage
Tillage Machines / Moldboard Plow Types / Hitching Moldboard Plows / Moldboard Plow Adjustments / Draft of Moldboard Plows / Disk Plow Adjustments / Subsurface Tooling Adjustments / Subsurface Tillage Draft / Optimum Widths

6. Seedbed Preparation
Adjustments / Disk Harrow Draft / Elevated Seedbeds

7. Cultivation
Adjustments

8. Seeding Machines
Small-Grain Seeding Machines / Volume Metering Mechanisms / Furrow Openers-Small Grain / Covering Devices / Row Planters / Single-Seed-Metering Mechanisms / Furrow Openers / Covering Devices and Press Wheels / Seeder Adjustments / Seeder Performance Tests / Calibration of Small-Grain Seeders / Instrumentation / Row Planter Calibration

9. Chemical Application
Fertilizer Application / Dry Fertilizer / Liquid Fertilizer / Gaseous Fertilizer / Operations / Adjustments / Calibration of Fertilizer Distributors / Field Sprayers / Instrumentation / Calibration of Sprayers / Sanitation and Maintenance / Dry Chemical Application Equipment / Adjustments / Calibration / Pesticide Regulations / Remote Sensing

10. Grain Harvesting
Small-Grain Harvesting / Mechanisms / Losses / Operations / Sample Calculation / Corn Harvesting / Adjustments to Reduce Loss / Power Requirements / Instrumentation / Operations

11. Forage Harvesting
Mowers / Mechanisms / Rotary Mowers / Rakes / Hay Conditioners / Balers / Forage Harvesters / Flail-Type Harvesters / Hay Wafering / Stacking / Forage Handling Equipment

12. Farm Processing
Reducing Machinery / Drying Machinery

13. Materials Handling
Flight Conveyors / Augers / Belt Conveyors / Blowers / Wagons / Farm Trucks / Loaders and Forklifts

14. Special Crop Machines

Part IV: POWER

15. The Farm Tractor
Engine Principles and Mechanisms / Fuels and Combustion / Ignition and Electrical Circuits / Engine Lubrication / Other Engine Systems / Power Transmission / Operations / Maintenance