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The Field Guide to John Deere Tractors
When you're "out in the field" scouting for John Deere tractors, don't forget to take along this first-ever full-color pocket guidebook to these popular tractors! This convenient, easy-to-use guide puts a wealth of information right into your hands! You'll find brief histories, model runs, specification details, and eye-catching color photographs of more than 500 models of John Deere tractors, from the two-cylinder series of 1892 to the latest multi-cylinder models.
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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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Machinery Management How to Select Machinery to Fit the Real Needs of Farm Managers
The ability to manage machinery is an important skill that must be mastered by farmers and ranchers who want to compete in our complex worldwide commodity marketplace. With the basic information in this book you can build a solid foundation of knowledge that can be used to make the most efficient machinery management decisions and help keep your business competitive. There is no substitute for personally solving a machinery management problem. You should not rely on the short cut methods of others when you make decisions that affect your business. The data and formulas in this text are based on the latest information available at the accuracy of your machinery management decisions. The book is divided into three sections. The first section covers the topic of how to become more efficient by matching machines and power units to different situations. Section Two gives information that can be used to estimate and analyze costs so better machinery management choices can be made. The final section gives several examples of the application of information contained in the first two sections to illustrate the value of making decisions on a sound, economical basis. Throughout this book, emphasis is placed on solving practical problems with either a computer or hand calculator. These problems are flagged in the book with a computer or calculator symbol. Whether you use a computer or a hand calculator, you will be pleasantly surprised at the wide variety of management decision that you can make, once you master these example problems.
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John Deere
Introduces the life of John Deere, including his childhood on a Vermont farm, his work as a tanner and blacksmith apprentice, and his invention of a new, more efficient type of plow that eventually led to his founding a company and opening his own factory.
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Fields of Farmers Interning, Mentoring, Partnering, Germinating
America’s average farmer is sixty years old. When young people can’t get in, old people can’t get out. Approaching a watershed moment, our culture desperately needs a generational transfer of millions of farm acres facing abandonment, development, or amalgamation into ever-larger holdings. Based on his decades of experience with interns and multigenerational partnerships at Polyface Farm, farmer and author Joel Salatin digs deep into the problems and solutions surrounding this land- and knowledge-transfer crisis. This book empowers aspiring young farmers, midlife farmers, and nonfarming landlords to build regenerative, profitable agricultural enterprises.
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We Must Feed Ourselves. the World's Greatest Economic Problem Leads to the Farm; How Some States Are Meeting It
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
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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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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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International Harvester Tractors
A historical chronicle of International Harvester tractors, from the very first tractor through the IH agriculture division's merger with Case in 1985. Hundreds of nostalgic photographs of Farmalls and other IH tractors, including the rare and unusual models. IH was the largest farm equipment manufacturer through the 1960s (a highly collectible era today) and is still the second most popular line of tractors today. This paperback re-issue of one of our best sellers is a complete single volume history of IH tractors and is loaded with photos from best-selling author and photographer Randy Leffingwell.
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John Deere Model B Restoration Guide
The popular and prolific John Deere Model B is covered from front pedestal to drawbar in this useful guide. Exploded parts diagrams and archival and modern photography help you figure out the correct parts, paint, and assembly for your styled or unstyled John Deere Model B. Charts and tables list serial and part numbers as well as major manufacturing changes. All stled and unstyled model variations except the Lindeman crawler are covered, including the Model B, BR, BO, BI, BN, BW, BNH, and BWH, as well as the rare BW-40 and experimental HX. A brief history of the Model B's evolution and variations is included, with archival phorographs of each type in the fields and on the farm.The John Deere Model B Restoration Guide is a great addition to the libray of any John Deere restorer, collector, or enthusiast.
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Genuine Value The John Deere Journey
Rare photography and an engaging design comprise a corporate history that illuminates John Deere's values.
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Farm and Ranch Business Management
Learning about the fundamentals of Agribusiness Management can be a frustrating experience. It usually begins when you try to find material that is easy to read & understand. That's why Deere & Company & eminent writers in the field, have developed FARM & RANCH BUSINESS MANAGEMENT. CONTENTS: Recordkeeping, financial analysis, budget analysis, cost analysis, cash flow analysis, marketing, investment analysis, taxes, business organizations, ag law, computer applications, whole farm case study & glossary.
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The John Deere Tractor Legacy
Not only is "The John Deere Tractor Legacy" published under license of Deere & Company, it is edited by the world’s most respected and best known John Deere historian and expert--Don Macmillan--so readers know they can rely on its information. This comprehensive history of the man, his company, and his legacy includes a biography of John Deere, plus excerpts from the writings of Deere engineers and historians, such as Wayne Broehl, Harold Brock, and Orrin Miller. Images are from the Deere archives, as well as from noted tractor photographer Ralph W. Sanders. Readers will find never-before-published material in "The John Deere Tractor Legacy," including compelling accounts of the development of the Waterloo Boy, the Johnny Popper, and the New Generation tractors. Readers will also discover the importance of the work that Deere did for the U.S. Army in World War II and how it helped the company to become the number-one tractor manufacturer in the world. Coverage of plows, implements, combines, cars, snowmobiles, lawn and garden tractors, and bicycles is also included.
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The John Deere Century
<p><b>In <i>The John Deere Century</i>, acclaimed author and photographer Randy Leffingwell uses his unique brand of storytelling--alongside a wealth of photographs, both modern and vintage--to chronicle the company and the tractors that have carried the distinctive green and yellow livery for the past century.</b></p><p> 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. <b>Models covered: </b></p><ul><li> The Waterloo Boy </li><li> The Model D </li><li> The Model C Experimental, GP, and Specials </li><li> Models A and B </li><li> Models L and LA </li><li> Models G, H, A, B, Styled D, and M </li><li> Diesel Models </li><li> Models 40, 50, 60, and 70 </li><li> Generation II Tractors and the 21st Century </li></ul><p> <br> This book is a must-have for every John Deere fan. </p>
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The John Deere Story A Biography of Plowmakers John & Charles Deere
<p>Today, John Deere is remembered-some say mistakenly-as the inventor of the steel plow. Who was this legendary man and how did he create the internationally renowned company that still bears his name? He began as a debt-stricken blacksmith who, fleeing debt in New England in the 1830s, set up shop in a little town on the Illinois frontier. There, in response to farmers' struggles, he designed a new plow that cut through the impervious prairie sod and lay open the rich, heavy soil for planting. The demand for his polished steel plow convinced him to specialize in farm implements.<br><br>In the decades before the Civil War, John Deere envisioned a company supplying midwestern farmers with reliable, affordable equipment. He used only high quality, imported steel and resisted pressure to raise prices. At the same time, he won respectful affection from his employees by working alongside them on the shop floor. Upon taking the helm in the 1860s, John's only surviving son, Charles, expanded the Moline factories to increase production, started branch houses in major midwestern cities to speed distribution, and began to transform the company into a modern corporation. The transformation didn't come without difficulties however: Charles found himself battling the Grange, facing threats of labor unions and strikes led by his own employees, and enduring patent suits and blatant thefts of product designs and advertising.</p>
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