Books in Agriculture

Farm Tractors

Describes design and uses of farm tractors in easy to understand terms.

Farm Tractors

With trucks, trains, tractors, animals and more, the books in these two series introduce kids to transportation and the natural world through photographs that correspond directly to the questions and sentences on each page.

Farm Tractors

This set of Pebble Plus books explores some of the mightiest machines in town, in both Spanish and English. Large, dynamic photographs show the machines in action from dramatic angles and allow young readers to imagine themselves in the driver's seat. Simple text explains the basics about these powerful machines, including their major parts and functions.

Farm Tractors

<p>Farm tractors help farmers do all kinds of things--like tow a plow, a seed drill, or a mower.</p>

Farm Tractors

Farm Tractors

A beautifully illustrated book chronicling the evolution of tractors covering its history, design and development to the performance of different models.

Farm Tractors, 1916-1925

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Farm Tractors, 1926-1956

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Farm Tractors, 1950-1975

The sequel to The Agricultural Tractor 1855-1950 takes you up to 1975. Written by Les Larsen, retired head of the famous Nebraska Tractor Test Lab, this is an authoritative book on all the changes to U.S. and imported tractors, year by year. There are photos of 415 tractors along with specifications. Get a clear and concise review of turbocharging, transmissions, safety, operator comfort, and other important developments. It s a unique reference book on late model tractors.

Farm Tractors A Complete Illustrated History

After the first tractors appeared on the scene in the late 1890s, it took another two decades and plenty of modifications for farmers to embrace this once-crude technology in favor of the steam engine, further advancing the power-farming revolution. Written by an international expert in agricultural machinery, Farm Tractors takes readers back to the nineteenth century to look at the precursors to modern tractors and travels through the years to follow the machine's evolution as tractors became indispensable equipment on farms across America. <br> INSIDE FARM TRACTORS: <br> •How steam-powered machinery gave way to tractors, and how tractors changed the way that farmers worked <br> •Prominent early manufacturers and models, including Henry Ford's legendary Model F, International Harvester's Farmall, the Waterloo Boy, John Deere, and many more <br> •The use of hydraulics, the advent of diesel engines, the availability of four-wheel drive, and other technical breakthroughs <br> •The introduction of new fuel sources as alternatives to gasoline <br> •Specialized tractors for orchard work, high-acreage operations, carrying loads, cultivating, and other scenarios <br> •The tractor industry's major expansion following World War II <br> •Modern-day tractors and an outlook on the future of farm machinery

Farm Tractors A Complete Illustrated History

<p>After the first tractors appeared on the scene in the late 1890s, it took another two decades and plenty of modifications for farmers to embrace this once-crude technology in favor of the steam engine, further advancing the power-farming revolution. Written by an international expert in agricultural machinery, Farm Tractors takes readers back to the nineteenth century to look at the precursors to modern tractors and travels through the years to follow the machine's evolution as tractors became indispensable equipment on farms across America.<br> <br> INSIDE FARM TRACTORS:<br> <br> *How steam-powered machinery gave way to tractors, and how tractors changed the way that farmers worked<br> <br> *Prominent early manufacturers and models, including Henry Ford's legendary Model F, International Harvester's Farmall, the Waterloo Boy, John Deere, and many more<br> <br> *The use of hydraulics, the advent of diesel engines, the availability of four-wheel drive, and other technical breakthroughs<br> <br> *The introduction of new fuel sources as alternatives to gasoline<br> <br> *Specialized tractors for orchard work, high-acreage operations, carrying loads, cultivating, and other scenarios<br> <br> *The tractor industry's major expansion following World War II<br> <br> *Modern-day tractors and an outlook on the future of farm machinery<br></p>

Farm Tractors A Living History

Chronicling the development of the farm tractor and its tremendous impact on farm productivity in the 20th century, this book showcases the most popular makes of farm tractors, all beautifully photographed at work, or pulling various implements that enable them to do the work of several teams of horses. 250 illustrations, 230 in color.

Farm Tractors Features Models from the World's Leading Manufacturers Including John Deere, IH, Ford, Case, Mercedes-Benz, Massey-Ferguson

Complete with dazzling full-color photographs and illustrations.

Farm Tractors From 1890 to the Present Day

Farm Tractors [Hardcover] Williams, Michael

Farm Tractors in New Zealand

Farm Tractors The Case Guide to Tractor Selection, Operation, Enonomics and Servicing

Despite the fact that the farmer spends more on machinery than anything else except the land and despite the fact that he spends more on tractors than on any other machine, there are few books on the choice and operation of tractors to fit modern farming conditions. Most of this book is about farming and how to fit tractors to the individual situation. Those sections are completely unbiased and Case are happy to sponsor such a book in the wider interests of sensible, more productive and safer use of tractors and machinery. Where the Company's views are expressed it is clearly stated as such. This is mainly in the area of design detail and then only for the sake of being concise and brief. The first part of the book is concerned with relating the needs of the individual farm to specific details of tractor performance. Later chapters deal with policy on size, numbers and replacement. This section is a major development specifically about tractors. It is developed from the author's work Farm Mechanisationfor Prl!fitwhich deals with machinery in the wider sense. Later chapters of this book are related to profes­ sionalism in operation, maintenance and care.

Farm Tractors The History of Their Development with Notes on Their Proper Maintenance

Field Guide to Classic Farm Tractors More Than 400 Models from 1900 to 1970

<p><b>The <i>Field Guide to Classic Farm Tractors </i>features all the classic machines you remember, plus a few rarities, and they are all here in photographed glory.</b></p><p>A classic farm tractor is a conversation starter and a comforting reminder of <b>childhoods on the farm</b> and <b>adulthoods twisting a wrench</b> in the driveshaft. Tractors are cultural touchstones of another era, as familiar as the smell of apple pie baking in a farmhouse kitchen. All of that nostalgia is here in <i>Field Guide to Classic Farm Tractors</i>.</p><p>In this photo-saturated guidebook, you'll recognize the big brands of <b>classic farm tractors, such as</b> Allis-Chalmers, J. I. Case, Caterpillar, John Deere, Ford, and International Harvester (including Farmall). Also well-represented are <b>small and no-longer-existing brands like</b> Advance-Rumely, Cockshutt, Eagle, Fate-Root-Heath, Harry Ferguson, Friday Tractor, Hart-Parr, and Minneapolis-Moline. There are tractors from the United States, Canada, and Europe.</p><p><i>Field Guide to Classic Farm Tractors</i> includes <b>more than just handsome color photos</b> of these powerful machines. Each model description includes all the <b>pertinent details</b>: engine RPMs, type of fuel, maximum speed, wheel configurations, weight, number of plows the tractor can handle, and variations.</p><p>With more than<b> five hundred tractor models</b> and an array of color photographs depicting the most iconic ones, <i>Field Guide to Classic Farm Tractors</i> is a valued addition to any tractor lover's bookshelf.</p>

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.

Fifth International Symposium On Pre-harvest Sprouting Of Cereals

Fifty Years of Farm Tractors

Here, Brian Bell details the extraordinary developments in tractor power, capability, safety and comfort since the late 40s. Even 60 years ago, it was not unusual to see a threshing contractor with his steam engine hauling a drum and elevator from farm to farm during the winter months

Ford Farm Tractors

A history of Ford Motor Company's involvement in the tractor industry, beginning with the legendary Fordson, up through the mergers, buyouts, and all the models in between, like the Ferguson 9N.

Ford Farm Tractors of the 1950s

This colorful history explains the design, production, and marketing of the first Ford and Fordson tractors produced after the company reneged on the late Henry Ford's infamous handshake agreement with Harry Ferguson. Randy Leffingwell's evocative color photography of restored and factory-original examples depicts the classics that Ford first produced when free to market and distribute their tractors as they saw fit. Included are the 8N, notable for its illegal incorporation of Ferguson patents; the NAA, or "Jubilee", which sported the company's Golden Jubilee logo; the Fordson Major, diesel-powered New Major, and beefed up Power Major; the 600, 700, 800 and 900 Series that seriously diversified the company's tractor line; and the three-cylinder Dexta.

For More and Better Corn in the Northwest (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from For More and Better Corn in the Northwest <p>For the purpose of further demonstrating the possibilities of growing corn and alfalfa in North Dakota, the Agricultural Extension Department of the International Harvester Company of New Jersey leased a half section farm for a period of five years. The year 1912 was a poor corn year as the season was unfavorable, especially so because of a wet fall and a killing frost which came before much of the corn was matured. We were able, however, to secure enough locally grown seed to plant about two hundred acres over which we had supervision. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.