harvesting machinery

Explore harvesters, machines used on farms.

"It's a busy day at Happy Valley Farm and the farmer llama needs your help! Take a tour of the farm as you learn all about balers. Be sure to pay attention so you can pass your farmhands quiz and earn your llama-diploma. Cheerful illustrations and farm-tastic puns make learning about farmer llama's farm machines llots of fun!"--.

"Without harvesting machines to gather crops when they're ready, farming would be much more difficult and time-consuming. In the pages of this . . . book, budding farmers will . . . learn how these . . . pieces of equipment operate through . . . accessible language and . . . photographs of machines at work. Fact boxes add . . . information throughout the narrative, while a concluding activity helps readers review essential concepts they should retain"--Provided by publisher.

Text and color illustrations explore the parts of the tractor that pull potatoes up from the ground, including the blades and conveyor belt.

Readers will learn how tea is harvested.

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Hop aboard the Rice Bowl food truck with your rice-loving guide Mina as you drive along the road to rice. From the rice paddies, to the rice dishes on tables around the globe, you'll see it all!.

The invention of the reaper revolutionized the difficult and time-consuming work of harvesting wheat. Farmers could now harvest and sell more wheat, and fewer people were needed to work on farms, resulting in a migration to the cities. Improvements brought by the reaper led to other inventions such as threshers and combine harvesters.

Rhyming text introduces how farmers bale hay.

"Learn about the role of harvesters in this title published jointly with New Holland Agriculture. Explore how harvesters work and what is in store for the future of this piece of farming equipment."--.