This bulletin provides principles, practices and procedures for testing machines and also determines aspects of a machine's performance that can be evaluated. I

Agricultural mechanization is a sine qua non to remove drudgery, improve working comfort, enhance timeliness, reduce losses and increase production and producti

Primarily concerned with machinery testing and evalution from the user's viewpoint. However, includes testing for manufacturers.

Agricultural Mechanization and Automation is a component of Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Engineering and Technology Resources in the global E