The drastic drop in numbers is attributed to the mechanization of America where the widespread use of machinery replaced horses and mules for power."

Thanks Bill,I guess where I kind of wonder is this:If I buy a tractor or some other piece of machinery vital to my operations, I can offset income with that, as it is a cost of doing business.

The machinery is stunning to say the least.

That's because everything has to be done right for a family (relationship, software development project, complex piece of machinery, whatever) to work right, while there are a multitude of things that can be wrong.

What type of property is the appliance going into and what grade of machinery are you looking to have?

You just need to hope the machinery can fit into the backyard.

I've done deals with livestock, machinery, cars, boats, an airplane, timeshares, vacation packages, labor traded, professional services, swapped RE, took jewelry as collateral, about everything but the first born, all of it was simply using other assets to leverage a deal or trade in lieu of money.

Machinery, Equipment & Tools: 3.

assembly-line jobs with machinery, tens of thousands of jobs were lost.

Mostly saying that the tenant has the responsibility of "keeping the leased premises free of inoperable vehicles and machinery...to keep the property mowed and free of trash or clutter and in like manner of surrounding and adjacent properties....that the tenant shall immediately notify landlord in the event of any plumbing, electrical or other physical deficiency which may pose any safety or health concern to tenants or the public, or cause damage to the leased premises, or lay waste to the leased premises.