Books in Agriculture

Classic American Farm Tractors

Andrew Morland's beautiful photography captures choice examples of classic American farm tractors. Nick Baldwin provides details on the makeup and histories of these classics, which bear brand names such as Waterloo Boy, John Deere, Farmall, and Oliver.<p>Pictured here are the true pioneers -- the great models from the great manufacturers that broke new technological ground at a time when some farmers still clung to their plow horses. These machines changed the face of farming in America.

Classic American Farm Tractors

Gathers photographs of outstanding farm tractors manufactured by American companies such as Allis-Chalmers, John Deere, and International Harvester.

Classic Deere Tractors An Album of Favorite Big Green Farm Tractors from 1914-1970

This superb volume is primarily a photo album with extensive, detailed captions that's popularly priced to move. This broader look at John Deere tractors contains our unique combination of quality artwork not found in other books: color photography of glorious restored machines, rare Deere archival images, and collectible brochures. It all adds up to a colorful overview of these popular farm tractors at an affordable price. <p>Classic Deere Tractors covers the all-American vintage machines from 1914-1970: the most popular years among collectors. Organized chronologically, it's a simple way for beginners to enjoy the history of Johnny Poppers. A list of resources makes it easy for new hobbyists to access information about their favorite models.</p>

Classic Farm Tractors

Farm tractor development is a fascinating part of agricultural history. The first were crude and unreliable but marked the start of an immense revolution in farming methods. More than 60 tractors from the past are described here in concise detail accompanied by colour and black and white photographs.

Classic Farm Tractors

Delightful collection of song lyrics from old favorites - we know the tunes but not the words!

Classic Farm Tractors 200 of the Best, Worst, and Most Fascinating Tractors of All Time

<p>From iconic stalwarts to more eccentric entries into the agriculture industry, this colorful, fun, and fact-filled book profiles scores of farm tractor classics from the twentieth century. Veteran tractor author <b>Robert Pripps</b> tackles each model with aplomb, offering concise descriptions and histories along with informative specification charts that give the lowdown on all-important considerations like horsepower ratings, engine sizes, weights, fuel types, and more. Illustrated with color photography by <b>Ralph Sanders</b> and <b>Andrew Morland</b>, <i>Classic Farm Tractors</i> is arranged chronologically to give a better sense of farm tractor evolution and includes all of the usual suspects--from the likes of John Deere, Farmall, Fordson and Ford, Case, Allis-Chalmers, Minneapolis-Moline, Best, Caterpillar, Massey-Harris, Massey-Ferguson, Oliver, Rumely, and Hart-Parr--as well as lesser-known and forgotten marques manufactured throughout the United States and Canada. In addition, Pripps includes a generous selection of farm tractors from Europe, including models from Fiat, Lanz, Le Percheron, Renault, Deutz, and more. <i>Classic Farm Tractors</i> is an entertaining look at the tractors we all know and love as well as the oddball tractors that fans find fascinating. With well over 200 photographs of more than 100 years of tractors from all over North America and Europe it's the perfect gift for all tractor lovers.</p>

Classic Farm Tractors An Album of Favorite Farm Tractors from 1900-1970

This text presents an extensive resource of distinguished firms' responses to the designs of their own offices. Featuring everything from technical design to interior design, it illustrates what these designers see as the major considerations for modern workplace design.

Classic Farm Tractors History of the Farm Tractor

<p>Through more than 250 stunning color photographs from the world's best-selling tractor author and photographer, this book traces the evolution of the tractors that pulled America's farmers into the 20th century. Leffingwell searched the country for this collection of original and exquisitely restored farm tractors, covering all the famous makes from the days of steel-wheeled kerosene tractors like Waterloo Boy, to the models you'll still find hard at work on farms around the country.</p>

Classic Farm Tractors History of the Farm Tractor

The farm tractor brought the Industrial Revolution to the farm. It lifted the burden from the horse power to horsepower and brought mechanized power into the hands of all farmers. This book tells the fascinating story of the development of the farm tractor with more than 250 color photos of tractors from across the United States.

Classic Farm Tractors History of the Farm Tractor

Following tips and visiting some of the best collections in the nation, Leffingwell searched America's heartland for this collection of restored and original old farm tractors. Take a nostalgic tour of America's agricultural heritage as over 250 color photos bring back memories of a time and place long past.

Classic John Deere

The green and yellow John Deere tractors are surely recognizable, but they also spurred major advancements in the agricultural world, transforming prairie and plains into farms that provided for the entire world. Classic John Deere tracks the evolution of these farmstead staples, which have faithfully tended to America's soil for nearly a century. Full-color photography, timelines and notable moments in John Deere history combine to tell the story of these tractors, known for their performance just as much as they are for their appearance.Combine's Randy Leffingwell's Classic John Deere Tractors and Rod Beemer's John Deere Two-Cylinder Tractors from MBI's bestselling paperback Enthusiast Color Series into one value-priced hardcover book.

Classic Tractor Collectors Restoring and Preserving Farm Power from the Past

If you like antique farm tractors, youll fall in love with this book about the people who collect and restore so-called old iron. Author John Harvey highlights 29 exceptional tractor collectors. This book begins with a description of the oldest Hart-Parr tractor and the man who now cares for it. The spotlight then turns to other collectors and their tractors, including: Allis-Chalmers, John Deere, Heider, Farmall, J. I. Case, Massey-Harris, Minneapolis-Moline, and more. Much of the text is anecdotal stories about real people, who, through their love of old tractors, are preserving an important part of this centurys agricultural heritage. Most, but not all of the collectors featured in this book are farmers; most, but not all are men. Heres a hobby that bridges the gender and age gap. Stunning photographs showcase each collectors tractor. Almost every tractor is shown in brilliant color (over 170 color photos).

Combine Harvesting

Extensive use of full-color cutaways helps explain how combines work. Gives the complete story on basic functions such as cutting, feeding, & threshing. Explains propulsion systems, hydraulics, electrical systems, controls, cabs, & special equipment. Tells how to adjust for field operation in various crops, & field conditions. Has photos of field problems - down crops, lodged grain, etc., & extensive troubleshooting charts. CONTENTS: New-Rotary combines, types of combines, basic operation, cutting & feeding, threshing, separating, cleaning, handling, power systems, hydraulics, electrical systems, special equipment, operating controls, field adjustments, field operation, crop & field problems, windrowing of grain, preventive maintenance & safety.

Combine Harvesting

Extensive use of full-color cutaways helps explain how combines work. Gives the complete story on basic functions such as cutting, feeding, & threshing. Explains propulsion systems, hydraulics, electrical systems, controls, cabs, & special equipment. Tells how to adjust for field operation in various crops, & field conditions. Has photos of field problems - down crops, lodged grain, etc., & extensive troubleshooting charts. CONTENTS: New-Rotary combines, types of combines, basic operation, cutting & feeding, threshing, separating, cleaning, handling, power systems, hydraulics, electrical systems, special equipment, operating controls, field adjustments, field operation, crop & field problems, windrowing of grain, preventive maintenance & safety.

Complete Book of Classic John Deere Tractors The First 100 Years

<b><i>The Complete Book of Classic John Deere Tractors</i> explores the range of iconic "green tractors" with which Illinois-based John Deere has become one of the world's most recognizable brands.</b><br><br> Part of Motorbooks' Complete Book series, this fact-packed volume takes you through <b>dozens of John Deere farm models</b>, beginning with the 1892 Waterloo Boy and ending with the game-changing New Generation and Generation II lines. With selected text from <i>The Bigger Book of John Deere</i> by <b>late legendary Deere historian Don Macmillan</b>, this book details <b>year-to-year model changes </b>within each series and offers <b>comprehensive specs charts compiled by Deere authority John Dietz</b>.<br><br> In addition to the <b>Waterloo Boy</b>, you'll witness the entire 40-plus years of <b>two-cylinder “Johnny Poppers,” </b>from the 1924 <b>Model D</b> through the<b> 830 Series </b>models in 1960, and the styled tractors of the prewar and postwar years. Also featured heavily are the groundbreaking <b>New Generation tractors</b> launched to much fanfare in 1960 and their successors, the <b>New Generation II</b> lineup with their Sound-Gard cabs. Standard, row-crop, orchard, and even a selection of <b>experimental models</b>…they're all here. In addition, you'll find coverage of John Deere’s rich international heritage, with tractors produced in Spain, Germany, and Australia.<br><br> Illustrated with <b>incredible color photography</b> and <b>period advertising</b>, <i>The Complete Book of Classic John Deere Tractors </i>is<i></i>an essential edition for the library of any Deere fanatic.

Developing an Effective Management Team

Dirt to Soil One Family’s Journey into Regenerative Agriculture

<b>“A regenerative no-till pioneer.”—NBC News<br></b><br><b><i>“</i>We need to reintegrate livestock and crops on our farms and ranches, and Gabe Brown shows us how to do it well.”—Temple Grandin, author of <i>Animals in Translation</i></b><br><b><br>“<i>Dirt to Soil</i> is the [regenerative farming] movements’s holy text.”—<i>The Observer</i></b><br><br>Gabe Brown didn’t set out to change the world when he first started working alongside his father-in-law on the family farm in North Dakota. But as a series of weather-related crop disasters put Brown and his wife, Shelly, in desperate financial straits, they started making bold changes to their farm. Brown—in an effort to simply survive—began experimenting with new practices he’d learned about from reading and talking with innovative researchers and ranchers. As he and his family struggled to keep the farm viable, they found themselves on an amazing journey into a new type of farming: regenerative agriculture.<br><br>Brown dropped the use of most of the herbicides, insecticides, and synthetic fertilizers that are a standard part of conventional agriculture. He switched to no-till planting, started planting diverse cover crops mixes, and changed his grazing practices. In so doing Brown transformed a degraded farm ecosystem into one full of life—starting with the soil and working his way up, one plant and one animal at a time.<br><br>In <i>Dirt to Soil</i> Gabe Brown tells the story of that amazing journey and offers a wealth of innovative solutions to restoring the soil by laying out and explaining his “five principles of soil health,” which are:<br><br><br><br><ul><li>Limited Disturbance</li><li>Armor</li><li>Diversity</li><li>Living Roots</li><li>Integrated Animals</li></ul><br>The Brown’s Ranch model, developed over twenty years of experimentation and refinement, focuses on regenerating resources by continuously enhancing the living biology in the soil. Using regenerative agricultural principles, Brown’s Ranch has grown several inches of new topsoil in only twenty years! The 5,000-acre ranch profitably produces a wide variety of cash crops and cover crops as well as grass-finished beef and lamb, pastured laying hens, broilers, and pastured pork, all marketed directly to consumers.<br><br>The key is how we think, Brown says. In the industrial agricultural model, all thoughts are focused on killing things. But that mindset was also killing diversity, soil, and profit, Brown realized. Now he channels his creative thinking toward how he can get more <i>life</i> on the land—more plants, animals, and beneficial insects. “The greatest roadblock to solving a problem,” Brown says, “is the human mind.”<br><b><br>See Gabe Brown―author and farmer―in the award-winning documentaries <i>Kiss the Ground </i>and <i>Common Ground</i>!</b>

Dream Reaper The Story of an Old-Fashioned Inventor in the High-Tech, High-Stakes World of Modern Agriculture

<i>Dream Reaper</i> follows Mark Underwood, farmer and inventor, and his salesman cousin as they strive to perfect and market Mark's breakthrough invention, the Bi-Rotor combine.<br> <br> "This intriguing tale weaves together the creativity and ingenuity of an inventor and the hurdles he and his partner face in selling and producing what appears to be an amazingly efficient Bi-Rotor combine."—<i>Science News</i><br> <br> "Canine writes with style and flourish. . . <i>Dream Reaper</i> is a riveting journey into America's heartland, where necessity is the mother of invention—and hard work, conviction, and sacrifice are its lifeblood."—<i>People Magazine</i><br> <br> "Canine deftly interweaves the story of the two men's struggles with a history of the mechanization of agriculture. This lively account of men working under pressure, improvising repairs and demonstrating the new machine, is also a story of courage that illustrates the barriers facing an independent inventor."—<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br> <br> "Craig Canine's <i>Dream Reaper</i> is a delight. It's an important book, rich with history and stories. It brings our most essential industry—farming—into new perspective. Reading it made me want to get out a crop."—Bobbie Ann Mason<br> <br> A volume in the Sloan Technology Series. The series presents to a general audience highly readable accounts of the development of 20th century technologies and the ways these have shaped and are shaped by society.

Electronic and Electrical Systems

Covers how it works. Discusses the basics of current, voltage & resistance. Shows various types of electrical circuits. Explains generators & alternators plus the new transistorized regulators. Tells how to maintain the circuits for safety & long service. CONTENTS: Basic principles, basic circuits, testing equipment, storage batteries, charging circuits, starting circuits, ignition circuits, electronic ignition circuits, lighting circuits, accessory circuits, connectors, monitors & controllers, maintenance, troubleshooting & terms & symbols.

Encyclopedia of American Farm Tractors

From Preface - No other farm machine has had such a profound effect on agriculture as the farm tractor. In its infancy, the farm tractor was little more than a stationary engine adapted to a steam engine chassis. During the years required to complete this book, the history of many tractor builders has been elusive. Some were in business for only a short time or have been obscured by the clouds of time. Early tractor books, tractor directories and historical information from manufactures archives were used. (Description by http-mart)

Equipping Your Horse Farm Tractors, Trailers, Trucks & More

Cherry Hill, the best-selling author of "Horsekeeping on a Small Acreage, the classic book that has guided thousands of horse owners in establishing farms, now shares her expertise in an important, related topic: equipping the horse farm. <br> Hill provides in-depth information on every aspect of selecting, maintaining, and using the two most essential pieces of equipment -- tractors and horse trailers. Accompanied by photographs and illustrations, she guides the reader through an evaluation of the options available in tractors, from horsepower and transmission options to tires and appearance. A checklist is included detailing what to look for if considering a used tractor. <br> On trailers, readers will find the answers to all their questions, beginning with the kind of trucks and hookup required for towing various capacity trailers to selecting the appropriate truck hitch. The thorough discussion of trailers details options in floorplans, loading entry, suspension, and accomodations for both horses and owners: tack room, living quarters, windows and vents, lights, feeders, and more. <br> Hill also discusses the smaller farm implements found on many horse farms, including loaders, discs, harrows, manure spreaders, mowers, post-hole diggers, hay balers, and wagons. "Equipping Your Horse Farm is an authoritative, comprehensive handbook that every horse farmer will want to consult before investing in these critical items of farm equipment.

Equipping Your Horse Farm Tractors, Trailers, Trucks & More

<p>Running a horse farm requires acquiring, operating, and maintaining an assortment of heavy machinery. This practical guide shows you how to expertly equip your operation with trucks, trailers, tractors, and more. Learn how to compare models, select machines appropriate to your needs, troubleshoot problems, and work with attachments like loaders, disc harrows, and manure spreaders. Using the right machinery will help you work more efficiently, save you money, and leave you more time to spend with your horses.</p>

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.

Evolution Tractor Engineering Vehicle Machinery Farming Agriculture Gift for Farmers and Machinist (6 X9 ) Lined Notebook to Write In

Tractor Lined Notebook <p>An awesome Diary/Journal/Notepad to write in. Perfect for Writing songs, Creative writing, Creating list, for scheduling, Organizing and Recording your thoughts.</p> <ul> <li>Perfectly sized at 6"x9"</li> <li>120 Pages</li> <li>Softcover Bookbinding</li> <li>Flexible Paperback</li> </ul>