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Farm / written by Ned Halley ; photographed by Geoff Brightling.

Halley, Ned, (author.). Brightling, Geoff, (illustrator.). Brightling, Geoff. (Added Author).

Summary:

Text and photographs depict different aspects of farming through the ages including the equipment, domestic animals, crops, and the future of farming.

Record details

  • ISBN: 067988078X
  • ISBN: 9780679980780
  • Physical Description: 63 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
  • Edition: First American edition
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.
  • Distributor: Distributed by Random House Inc.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Dorling Kindersley book"--title page verso.
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
First farmers -- Animal power -- Tractor -- Plow -- Fields and soil -- Sowing the seed -- Protecting the crop -- Harvesting by hand -- Threshing and winnowing -- Threshing by machine -- Harvesting by machine -- Wheat to bread -- Favorite food -- Corn and potatoes -- Feeding the animals -- Truck farms -- Fruit farming -- Farmhouse and farmyard -- Barns and outbuildings -- Dairy farming -- Milk products -- Cattle farming -- Sheep farming -- Sheep shearing -- Goat farming -- Pig farming -- Chicken farming -- Ducks and geese -- Future of farming.
Target Audience Note:
1180L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.2 1 17221.
Subject:
Agriculture > Juvenile literature.
Farms > Juvenile literature.
Agriculture > History > Juvenile literature.
Farms > History > Juvenile literature.

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