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Artistic Tractor Portable Notebook For Farmers and the Farming Community

The ideal portable notebook for farmers and members of the farming community. Artistic black and white tractor design is striking. 150 pages of college ruled lined paper. Perfect for financial planning, field design, making notes, and bullet lists.

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

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 Robert Pripps 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 Ralph Sanders and Andrew Morland, Classic Farm Tractors 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. Classic Farm Tractors 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.

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Classic Tractor Americana Notebook The Good Life

The ideal notebook for farmers and members of the farming community. This artistic black and white tractor design is elegant. 150 pages of blank college ruled paper. Perfect portable notebook for a farmer.

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Country Ways and Country Days From Windvanes and Tractors to Auctions and Outhouses... Remembering Rural Life

Outhouses. Weather vanes. Draft horses. Threshing machines. Barbed wire fences. Rural mail carriers. Gristmills. Barbershops. One-room country schools. Such objects of our vanishing rural past are today’s reminders of our country ways and country days: early home life in the country, work on the farm, how rural people kept in touch, the importance of community, and how farm folks relaxed and had fun. In ""Country Ways and Country Days"", you’ll go back in time and learn a bit about each item’s special role and its importance in country life. Noted storyteller Jerry Apps presents short essays on farming life and memories, drawn from his own experiences growing up on a small farm. These charming anecdotes are followed by brief histories of each item’s development and background. Apps’s reminiscences about the things that kept life humming on the farm and enriched the rural experience will leave you nostalgic for a time when working the land was its own reward. About the Author: Jerry Apps was born and raised on a farm in the days before electricity, central heating, or indoor plumbing. He is a former county extension agent and University of Wisconsin agriculture professor. He is the author of several other farm nostalgia and regional titles, including ""Every Farm Tells a Story"", ""Country Wisdom,"" ""Humor from the Country,"" and ""When Chores Were Done.""

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

The Field Guide to Classic Farm Tractors features all the classic machines you remember, plus a few rarities, and they are all here in photographed glory.A classic farm tractor is a conversation starter and a comforting reminder of childhoods on the farm and adulthoods twisting a wrench 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 Field Guide to Classic Farm Tractors.In this photo-saturated guidebook, you'll recognize the big brands of classic farm tractors, such as Allis-Chalmers, J. I. Case, Caterpillar, John Deere, Ford, and International Harvester (including Farmall). Also well-represented are small and no-longer-existing brands like 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.Field Guide to Classic Farm Tractors includes more than just handsome color photos of these powerful machines. Each model description includes all the pertinent details: engine RPMs, type of fuel, maximum speed, wheel configurations, weight, number of plows the tractor can handle, and variations.With more than five hundred tractor models and an array of color photographs depicting the most iconic ones, Field Guide to Classic Farm Tractors is a valued addition to any tractor lover's bookshelf.

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John Deere

From the quaint little "Johnny Poppers" of the company's early years to the New Generation tractors to the highly sophisticated thousand series of today. John Deere covers these soldiers of the soil like you've never seen before. <ul> <li>This hardcover book includes an eye-catching cover and beautiful photos and illustrations covering a vast array of John Deere products from tractors and combines, to industrial and recreational units.</li> <li>Classic and modern tractors and period ads join rare "action" images to chronicle the history of America's most famous and glorious workhorses.</li> <li>Technical, aesthetic, and cultural progressions of agricultural technology that influenced and were influenced by John Deere.</li> <li>144 pages.</li> </ul>

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John Deere New Generation and Generation II Tractors History, Models, Variations & Specifications 1960s-1970s

In the 1960s and 1970s, John Deere’s tractors evolved dramatically from small machines into large, powerful tractors with modern advances and muscular engines; it was a period of the greatest changes since the 1920s. Deere christened these tractors the New Generation. This book in the Tractor Legacy series examines these Big Green machines in detail, with archival and current photography of restored tractors, a thorough historical text, and details of model specifications and variations.

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The Field Guide to Classic Farm Tractors, Expanded Edition More Than 400 Models from 1900 To 1990

Featuring machines right up through more recently collectible models of the 1970s and 1980s, The Field Guide to Classic Farm Tractors, Expanded Edition features all the legends enthusiasts remember, plus a few rarities. And they are all here in photographic glory. A classic farm tractor is a conversation starter and a comforting reminder of childhoods on the farm and adulthoods twisting a wrench in the garage or shop. 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 this expanded edition of The Field Guide to Classic Farm Tractors. This photo-filled collection features landmark models from all the major marques: <ul><li>Allis-Chalmers</li><li>J. I. Case</li><li>Caterpillar</li><li>John Deere</li><li>Ford</li><li>International Harvester </li><li>Farmall</li></ul>Also well-represented are smaller brands like Advance-Rumely, Cockshutt, Eagle, Fate-Root-Heath, Ferguson, Hart-Parr, Minneapolis-Moline, and Oliver. Tractors from the United States, Canada, and Europe are included. But The Field Guide to Classic Farm Tractors, Expanded Edition is more than just another collection of handsome color photos. Each model description is accompanied by a specification chart presenting crucial technical details like RPMs, horsepower, fuel type, maximum speed, weight, and more. With some 400 tractor models and a color photograph depicting each, The Field Guide to Classic Farm Tractors, Expanded Edition is a valued addition to any tractor lover's bookshelf.

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The Field Guide to Vintage Farm Tractors

With its brief histories, model runs, specification details, and eye-catching color photographs highlighting 27 manufacturers and more than 500 models, series, and variations of vintage tractors, this convenient, easy-to-use field guide puts a wealth of information at your fingertips. Contains tractors from the US and Canada from 1900-1960.

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The Good Life Dot Grid Notebook Tractors in a Field Portable Book

The ideal dot grid notebook for farmers. Tractors in a field design is instantly recognizable to members of the farming community. This portable notebook is perfect for making lists, agricultural design, sketching, financial planning, taking notes, and more. 150 pages of blank dotted grid paper.

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The Good Life Graph Paper Notebook Tractors in a Field Portable Book

The ideal portable graph paper notebook for a farmer. Tractors in a field design is instantly recognizable to members of the farming community. 150 pages of blank graph paper. Great for math, design, science, financial planning, taking notes, and bullet lists.

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The Good Life Tractors in a Field Notebook

The ideal notebook for farmers or members of the farming community. Tractor in a field design is instantly recognizable to a hard working farmer. 150 pages of blank college ruled lined paper. Perfect portable notebook for making planting or harvesting plans.

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This Old John Deere A Treasury of Vintage Tractors and Family Farm Memories

Whether you dream of restoring a John Deere or have a whole shed full of them, you'll cherish the reminiscences within the pages of This Old John Deere. This book is a treasury of memories?"short stories, essays, tall tales, and reminiscences?"all devoted to John Deere tractors and to their role on the family farm. The authors of the pieces collected in this anthology come from a wide range of backgrounds and farming regions. Some are respected respected tractor historians; other are regular farm folk with a story to share. The beautiful photography comes from a variety of well-known photographers and archives, and there's also an endearing selection of paintings and other farm art.There's no tractor like a John Deere. The most popular make among collectors and restorers deserves its own tribute, so we've gathered a fabulous collection of artwork and stories devoted just to the famous green machines. Stories--ranging from the first ride upon a John Deere to the fateful day when the team of horses was replaced by the shiny new Johnny Popper--by well-known and respected farm contributors include Patricia Penton Leimbach, Donald Zolan, Dave Barnhouse, Don Macmillan, C.H. Wendel, and Ralph W. Sanders.

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Vintage Allis-Chalmers Tractors The Ultimate Tribute to Allis-Chalmers Tractors

Allis-Chalmers’s history is as rich as the Persian orange paint that graced its farm tractors for nearly six decades. Vintage Allis-Chalmers Tractors is a one-of-a-kind book for collectors, historians, and tractor enthusiasts, providing a detailed and fascinating background of Allis-Chalmers’ legacy along with more than 100 spectacular photographs. Illustrations include black-and-white historical photos, vibrant period advertising artwork, and contemporary color photos of collectible tractors. Allis-Chalmers buffs will find the outstanding photographs and authoritative text irresistible! Chester Peterson Jr., a former editor of Successful Farming, Kansas Business News, and Simmental Shield, has written many other tractor books and articles. He is a freelance writer specializing in agriculture and other subjects.

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