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Machinery for soil drainage: Comparative analyses made of production volumes of various earthmoving machinery used for preparing land for drainage
Author
P. BovingAuthor Affiliations
P. Boving is Assistant Specialist in Irrigation, University of California, Davis.Publication Information
Hilgardia 12(6):3-15. DOI:10.3733/ca.v012n06p3. June 1958.
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Abstract
Production rates—affecting hourly costs—of earthmoving equipment vary with a given piece of work and the type of machine used.
Boving P. 1958. Machinery for soil drainage: Comparative analyses made of production volumes of various earthmoving machinery used for preparing land for drainage. Hilgardia 12(6):3-15. DOI:10.3733/ca.v012n06p3
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