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International Harvester Datenbuch der Schlepper aus Neuss am Rhein 1937 bis 1997
Umfassendes Datenbuch mit den wichtigsten technischen Daten zu Motor und Fahrgestell sämtlicher in Neuss gebauter Traktoren. Ferner Hinweise zu technischen Änderungen, Produktionszahlen und -zeiträumen. Farbige Abbildungen aller Typen. Wichtiges Nachschlagewerk.
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John Deere Model B Photo Archive Photographs from the Deere & Company Archives
John Deere Model B Photo Archive Edited P.A. Letourneau 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. Row-crop versions to crawlers, styled and unstyled tractors. Sftbd., 1 1/4x 8 1/2, 128 pgs., 115 b&w illustrations.
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John Deere Century
Iconic John Deere tractors ranging from the spartan Waterloo Boy to the Model AOS, and from German and Argentine models to the acclaimed New Generation tractors are featured in this celebration of industrial tractor design. Loaded with photographs, both modern and vintage, and excellently written info, this book will have John Deere fans salivating.
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John Deere Tractors
<p>Get a good look at what John Deere Tractors are all about in <i>John Deere Tractors</i>, including brilliant photographs of the most famous tractors in history. Since the early 1920s, John Deere tractors have been cultivating, plowing, and seeding fields across America, and across the globe. Take a look at the amazing machines that are John Deere, including the history of the machines as well as modern tractors. American agricultural and mechanical know-how at its finest, these tractors have more than lived up to the company motto "Nothing Runs Like a Deere," in the process becoming the most beloved machines among farmers. </p><p>A celebration of this icon of American farming, this book features brilliantly detailed photographs of all the most popular and powerful John Deere tractors, along with a wealth of information about these marvels of machinery. Learn about the beginning of the company up to the present day president and John Deere headquarters. The book contains everything a loyal fan of John Deere could hope to find, from curious tidbits to historical facts and horsepower statistics, from Nebraska test results to implement information reaching from the early 1920s up to the present. Enjoy John Deere Tractors anytime, even if you can't get outside to sit on one. </p>
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L'héritage des tracteurs John Deere
En dpit du scepticisme de beaucoup de ses concitoyens, en 1837, John Deere, un simple forgeron du Vermont, changea pour toujours le paysage agricole mondial. Cette anne-l, il produisit la premire charrue en acier poli de haute qualit. L'histoire de cet homme et de ses visions d'avenir est raconte dans cet ouvrage par Don Macmillan, l'expert le plus rput de la marque. Ce volume contient non seulement une biographie de John Deere, mais aussi une remarquable collection de documents indits apports et comments par des ingnieurs et des historiens d'exception - tels Wayne Broehl, Harold Brock, Orrin Miller - avec des anecdotes passionnantes sur la mise au point des tracteurs comme le Waterloo Boy ou le bicylindre et sur la vie de la firme, y compris pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Des chronologies permettent de resituer, chapitre par chapitre, les dates cls de l'volution de l'entreprise jusqu' son accession au premier rang mondial. Les superbes photographies de Ralph W. Sanders, spcialiste internationalement reconnu du tracteur agricole, compltent cet ouvrage indispensable tous les connaisseurs de la mcanique "verte" et aux passionns des machines de John Deere & Company.
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John Deere Plowing Pioneer
John Deere - the name is known all over the country. Did you know John Deere is more than just a tractor company? John Deere was a blacksmith from Vermont! His invention of the self-polishing steel plow was just the beginning of a long and successful career. <br>These popular readers include easy-to-read information, fun facts and trivia, humor, activities and a whole lot more. They are great for ages 7-12 (grades 2-6), because although simple, these readers have substance and really engage kids with their stories. They are great for social studies, meeting state and national curriculum standards, individual and group reading programs, centers, library programs, and have many other terrific educational uses. Get the Answer Key for the Quizzes! Click HERE.
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John Deere Farm Tractors A History of the John Deere Tractor
Leffingwell combines interviews with famous Deere designers and newly discovered information on Deere tractors with 200 new, color photos of original and restored tractors from all over the US, to provide a unique history of America's favorite farm tractor. 250 photos and illus.
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The International Harvester Company A History of the Founding Families and Their Machines
<p> Ancient farmers used draft animals for plowing but the heavy work of harvesting fell to the humans, using sickle and scythe. Change came in the mid-19th century when Cyrus Hall McCormick built the mechanical harvester. Though the McCormicks used their wealth to establish art collections and universities, battle disease, and develop birth control, members of the family faced constant scrutiny and scandal. This book recounts their story as well as the history of the International Harvester Company (IHC)--a merger of the McCormick and Deering companies and the world's leader in agricultural machinery in the 1900s.</p>
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Ma Vie Autour D'Une Tasse John Deere
"La « vieille fifure » de son ami Renaud, l'inséparable de sa princesse Flavie, la victime à sauver du directeur Guilbert, le chouchou de sa mémé Poulette, le chevalier servant des filles de l'école, le confident de monsieur Ju... S'il avait à le faire, Étienne se décrirait plutôt comme un adolescent chanceux. Chanceux d'être si bien entouré, chanceux de pouvoir faire ses propres choix malgré les difficultés, chanceux de vivre à une époque et dans un milieu où son homosexualité n'est pas une tare, chanceux d'entrer doucement dans le monde adulte, même si, parfois, ça fait peur..."-- ack cover.
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Taking the Guesswork Out of Aquaculture
Product description This is the student guide that corresponds with the John Deere Publishing text, Taking the Guess Work Out of Aquaculture. This is a guide for prospective producers of aquaculture products. Chapters are devoted to types of aquaculture enterprises, commercial catfish production, required resources and investment, site selection, stocking, and feeding. Also covered are water quality, fish health and disease management, harvesting and marketing. Also included is a decision checklist, common calculations used in fish pond and lake management, species profiles, and a section on additional sources of aquaculture information. About the Author Martin W. Brunson holds a B.S. in biology and M.S and Ph.D. in Aquaculture and fisheries Management. He began his career as an assistant professor in Aquaculture and Fisheries at Louisiana State University, moving to Mississippi in 1988. He has conducted extensive research in aquaculture of catfish, crawfish and sunfish, as well as recreational fisheries management in small impoundments. He is currently Extension Leader and Professor in Wildlife and Fisheries at Mississippi State University, and works closely with the aquaculture industry nationwide in meeting their educational and technical assistance needs. He has authored a comprehensive set of over 150 fisheries and aquaculture extension publications, as well as 75 technical and scientific articles. Bob Ratliff is an agricultural journalist with experience in radio, TV and print. From 1980 until 1990, he served as farm director of the Progressive Farmer Network, a regional radio network providing agricultural programming to stations in the Midsouth. His career also includes four years as editor of MAFES Research Highlights, a quarterly magazine published by the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station. His articles about the work of MAFES researchers have appeared in the Catfish Journal, Cotton Farming, Delta Farm Press and other agricultural publications. He currently serves as Mississippi State University's science writer, providing print and broadcast coverage of the university s science-related teaching and research activities.
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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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