The mechanisation of the livestock farm in recent years could be termed a revolution in agricultural practice. More money from meat and milk has become a reality as stock farming progresses in this new mechanised era. The prospects are indeed exciting, and farmers everywhere are investigating the benefits of introducing mechanical methods of feeding and cleaning out their stock. This important new book is the first full-length account yet published of the application of mechanisation to stock husbandry on British farms. The authorSenior Lecturer on Farm Management at Harper Adams Agricultural Collegeis a recognised authority on the subject.Mechanised Livestock Farmingdeals primarily with the latest developments involved in the introduction of "livestock engineering" on beef and dairy farms. It describes the new system of forage farming which is linked with intensive cereal feeding; gives details of all the machinery and equipmenttower silos, bulk-feed grain hoppers, silo blowe