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Why do you need this book? The answer is simple: operating a tractor (not just driving it) is not simple anymore. You probably learned how to drive a tractor at quite a young age. But the machines themselves keep getting more and more complex, so even operating them is no longer simple.
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The Complete John Deere A Model-by-model History
Tells the full story of one of the world's best known tractor manufacturers, and the landmark models that helped to make the company an industry leader.
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John Deere Model D Photo Archive The "Unstyled" Model "D", 1923-1938
A magnificent collection of rare black & white photographs specially selected from public and private archives promote the unique characteristics of these popular tractors. Filled with informative captions providing histories of featured models.
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Holy Cows and Hog Heaven: The Food Buyer's Guide to Farm Friendly Food
Holy Cows and Hog Heaven is written by an honest-to-goodness-dirt-under-the-fingernails, optimistic clean good farmer. His goal is to: Empower food buyers to pursue positive alternatives to the industrialized food system Bring clean food farmers and their patrons into a teamwork relationship Marry the best of western technology with the soul of eastern ethics Educate food buyers about productions Create a food system that enhances nature's ecology for future generations<br/>Holy Cows and Hog Heaven has an overriding objective of encouraging every food buyer to embrace the notion that menus are a conscious decision, creating the next generation's world one bite at a time.
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A Lean Supply Chain at John Deere
To watch the demo online, click here.</p>--><p>This video DVD is about the successful partnership between John Deere in Horicon, Wisconsin and one of its suppliers - the R&B Machining and Grinding Company located in Racine, Wisconsin. It provides an opportunity to take a look inside John Deere's supply chain - find out what changes were required to "learn their supply chain." <br><p>Run time: 21 minutes</p>Free Video Demo<br><i>A Lean Supply Chain at John Deere DVD</i> <b>To view<br>click on your connection speed!</b> <b>This video requires Windows Media Player and a sound card</b> <b>(28.8K, 56K dial-up)</b> 0.56 minutes, 0.70 mb <b>(ISDN, DSL, Cable, T1)</b> 0.56 minutes, 1.29 mb Click to install
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How to Restore Classic John Deere Tractors
Color photographs demonstrate the procedures for overhauling the engine and restoring the major components and body of Waterloo-built and Dubuque-built John Deere tractors, often referred to as Johnny Poppers. Gaines, who writes manuals and brochures for tractor companies, identifies which models ar
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Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal War Stories from the Local Food Front
Drawing upon 40 years' experience as an ecological farmer and marketer, Joel Salatin explains with humor and passion why Americans do not have the freedom to choose the food they purchase and eat. From child labor regulations to food inspection, bureaucrats provide themselves sole discretion over what food is available in the local marketplace. Their system favors industrial, global corporate food systems and discourages community-based food commerce, resulting in homogenized selection, mediocre quality, and exposure to non-organic farming practices. Salatin's expert insight explains why local food is expensive and difficult to find and will illuminate for the reader a deeper understanding of the industrial food complex.
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Chemical Applications Management
This is the student guide that corresponds with the text, Chemical Applications Management. This describes many various kinds of pesticides, their toxicity, calibrations and proper applications. Also, very practical management methods and application techniques are covered in detail. This book has over 850 pictures, charts, tables, graphs, and other illustrations. Filled with EPA, OSHA, and other regulatory agency standards and suggested ways to meet or exceed those standards. Some topics covered are accurate identification of weeds, insects, and diseases, and effective ways to control them. Includes 500 pest-identification photos in full-color.
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Grandpa's John Deere Tractors
A farm boy learns from Grandpa how John Deere tractors and implements made farm life easier. His parents update him on more recent John Deere products.
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John Deere's Company - Volume 1 From the Steel Plow to the Tractor 1837-1927
<p>The history of Deere & Company is several stories at once. It is the saga of an American folk hero remembered as the man "who gave to the world the steel plow." John Deere's Company - Volume 1 is the story of rural and small-town America from the time eastern farmers began moving into the Midwest in the early 1800s, through the American industrial revolution of the late 19th and up to the creation of the first John Deere tractors. </p> <p>It is also the story of an uncommon family whose members for 145 years directed the destiny of one of America's oldest business firms--now the largest agricultural machinery manufacturer in the world--until the first nonfamily member, Robert Hanson, was named chief executive officer of Deere in 1982.</p> <p>The story follows the company's role in the extraordinary growth of the American agricultural economy; its role in the discovery and application of major innovations in machinery and manufacturing methods; and, finally, its role in the sharing of that technology throughout the world.</p> <p>Those roles were influenced by the Populist movement in the 19th century, by the early attempts of unions to organize the farm implement industry, and by the competitive tactics and strategies of industrial leaders whose companies battled each other for market share.</p> <p>Wayne Broehl has taken these several historic threads and woven them into this lively and absorbing historical account. The updated and revised book has been divided into two volumes, this is Volume 1.</p>
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Polyface Designs A Comprehensive Construction Guide for Scalable Farming Infrastructure
<b>A comprehensive how-to manual of Polyface Farm’s signature designs—with tips, tricks, and a half century of lessons learned through trial and error.</b> <br>Have you wondered how to build the Polyface broiler shelter, or the dolly to move it, or an Eggmobile, Gobbledygo or Shademobile? For folks getting started, folks adding enterprises, or folks wanting a cheaper bootstrap way to build portable livestock infrastructure, Polyface Designs has all the diagrams and do-it-yourself building specifications. <br>Joel Salatin wrote the text and Polyface former apprentice and engineer extraordinaire Chris Slattery did the drawings. Ultimately practical, the book includes how to build a corral, a home-made head gate and even how to select the right axle for your project. Square footage requirements for the deep bedding hay shed and area advice for pig pastures make this the definitive repository for a lifetime of Polyface experimentation. A massive volume, its 568 pages are in full color and beautiful enough to be a coffee table book even though you’ll use it in your shop. Don’t let the cover price scare you; one building tip can more than save the price of the book.
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