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The John Deere Way Performance that Endures

<i>The John Deere Way</i> presents timeless business lessons from one of America’s top brands. Even as many American manufacturers struggle with low-cost foreign competition, John Deere has not only prevailed, but increased its market share by offering superior quality products built tough and in accordance with time-tested business values. This book shares the company’s management principles and corporate values and shows how those values guide the company to increasingly greater success. For business owners and leaders who want to know what real long-term success constitutes—and how to achieve it—<i>The John Deere Way</i> is the only way.

International Harvester, Mccormick, Navistar Milestones in the Company that Helped Build America

The passion for invention is a deeply ingrained part of American culture. In the decades after our independence, the new nation burst with names every schoolchild should learn: Robert Fulton, Eli Whitney, Samuel Morse-and above all, Cyrus McCormick. Cyrus McCormick, inventor of the first mechanical reaper, liberated the American farmer, and changed the course of history. Until 1831, when he marketed the first truly practical machine, grain was still harvested as it had been in the time of the Pharaohs. McCormick also pioneered modern sales and marketing techniques, and as the twentieth century dawned, his McCormick Harvesting Machine Company became International Harvester, an industrial powerhouse ranked with U.S. Steel and Standard Oil. Celebrating this year its 175th anniversary, McCormick's company, now Navistar International, has been a vital force in the American landscape, its tractors and trucks crucial to its industrial development. Milestones is the first fully illustrated history of the rich heritage of Navistar International, from its founding by Cyrus McCormick to its vitality today. This lavishly illustrated, oversized volume is packed with original photography, nostalgic advertising, fascinating detail and history, and American pride.

Farmall Regular Photo Archive : Photographs from the McCormick-International Harvester Company Collection

Magnificent collections of rare black & white photographs specially selected from public and private archives. Prototypes, early hand-built, and production tractors.

Farmall Cub Photo Archive Photographs from the McCormick-International Harvester Company Collection

Introduced in 1947, the Farmall Cub was an ideal, low-cost, all-purpose tractor for the small farm. Equipped with a full range of matching implements, the Cub provided all the benefits of the larger Farmalls. The Cub's story is chronicled in 120 factory photographs.

Out of the Field International Harvester Company Buildings

<p>Covering the elusive and not-so-commonly found interests in the International Harvester Company, this series brings International Harvester Out of the Field and into the agricultural daily life. The first in a series of understanding the why behind the large company that truly had a full line of equipment, bringing that spirit of prosperity and profit together for the benefit of the farm and the family. Building a farm meant buildings, and this book delves into the buildings you would find on a farm and what they are used for. There is also great depth on the importance of a dealership as well as some lesser known details of the McCormick world. </p>

Vintage International Harvester Tractors

John Deere Tractors

All of the tractors are depicted in fabulous color photos, frequently at work, and there are also many close up details.

Farm and Ranch Business Management

Red 4WD Tractors 1957-2017 High-horsepower Four-wheel-drive Tractors from International Harvester, Steiger, J.I. Case & Case IH

<p>The story of the four-wheel-drive tractors built by Steiger, International Harvester, Case, and Case IH is told in dramatic fashion in this authoritative guide. Starting with the development of early four-wheel-drive systems at International Harvester, the book traces the evolution and design some of the most powerful and capable tractors of the twentieth century. With fresh detail on the 4300, 4100, Steiger-built IH tractors, and the 2+2 tractors including the Super 70 series, the book offers prototype drawings of several models--including the complete story of the never-before-published Magnum 2+2-- as well as inside stories and backroom drama that is a must for any enthusiast for farm history or tractors. <br><br>Learn the complete story of Steiger tractors, which were originally designed and built in the barn of John, Douglass, and Maurice Steiger located near Red Lake Falls, Minnesota. Containing interviews with more than 50 of the people who built Steiger from its humble origin to a world leader, the book traces the evolution of the lime green Steigers in engrossing detail. The book also covers the J.I. Case 4WD line in great detail. In addition, the book tells the story of how each of these significant players in the industry combined under one banner and--together--created one of the current industry-leading technologies, the Quadtrac. The modern evolution of the Steigers and the introduction of the STX Series (and more) also receive in-depth coverage.<br><br>The same team that created the award-winning books Red Tractors 1958-2013 and Red Combines 1915-2015 created this book, and notable new contributors include Sherry Schaefer (editor of Heritage Iron magazine) and noted historian Jim Allen. Contributors include Sherry Schaefer, Oscar H. Will III, Jim Allen, Kenneth Updike, Todd Markle, Gregg Montgomery, Guy Fay, Martin Rickatson, Sarah Tomac, Matthias Buschmann, Jean Cointe, Michael Osweiler, and Johann Dittmer.</p>

Plastics Repair

<p>Modern Plastics; Materials, Tools & Safety Requirements; Identifying Plastics, Making Adhesive Repairs; Making Welding Repairs. 1st edition, 49 pages with over 70 illustrations, many in color. (ISBN 0-86691-210-X).</p>

The Field Guide to John Deere Tractors 1892-1991

<b>When you're "out in the field" scouting for John Deere tractors, don't forget to take along <i>The Field Guide to John Deere Tractors: 1892-1991</i>—the first-ever, full-color pocket guidebook to these popular tractors, now available in paperback format! </b><br><br> This convenient, <b>easy-to-use field guide </b>puts a wealth of information right into your hands! You'll find <b>brief histories</b>, <b>model runs</b>, <b>specification details</b>, and <b>eye-catching color photographs </b>of <b>more than 500 models</b> of John Deere tractors, from the two-cylinder series of 1892 to modern multi-cylinder models. The late Don Macmillan is considered one of the <b>world's most respected John Deere historians</b>. Inside, he breaks down John Deere's rich heritage into distinct eras: <ul><li>The Pioneering Years, 1892–1924</li><li>The Unstyled Years, 1923–1938</li><li>The Styled Years, 1938–1960</li><li>The <b>Numbered Series</b>, 1952–1960</li><li>The <b>New Generation</b> of Power, 1959–1972</li><li><b>Generation II</b>, 1972–1987</li><li>The Modern Years, 1982–1991</li></ul>A wealth of photos of every John Deere tractor—from the <b>legendary two-cylinder Waterloo Boy </b>that started it all to six-cylinder, 200-horsepower machines of the 1980s—are accompanied by <b>detail-rich descriptions </b>of the tractors' features and back stories, as well as concise charts presenting <b>key specifications</b>.  <br><br> For fans of old iron, there's no better quick reference that's equally useful at swap meets and in the armchair. 

Salad Bar Beef

In a day when beef is assailed by many environmental organizations and lauded by fast-food chains, a new paradigm to bring reason to this confusion is in order. With farmers leaving the land in droves and plows poised to "reclaim" set-aside acres, it is time to offer an alternative that is both land and farmer friendly.<br><br>Beyond that, the salad bar beef production model offers hope to rural communities, to struggling row-crop farmers, and to frustrated beef eaters who do not want to encourage desertification, air and water pollution, environmental degradation and inhumane animal treatment. Because this is a program weighted toward creativity, management, entrepreneurism and observation, it breathes fresh air into farm economics.