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Allis Chalmers A Brief History Of 103 Years Of Production

Allis Chalmers: A Brief History Of 103 Years Of Production is a comprehensive book written by Walter Geist that provides a detailed account of the history of the Allis Chalmers company. The book covers the company's 103-year history, from its founding in 1901 to its eventual closure in 2004. The book is divided into several chapters that cover different periods in the company's history. The first chapter provides an overview of the company's early years and its founders, William James Chalmers and Edward P. Allis. The subsequent chapters cover the company's growth and expansion, its involvement in World War II, and its eventual decline in the 1980s and 1990s.Throughout the book, Geist provides a wealth of information about the company's products, including tractors, combines, and other agricultural machinery. He also delves into the company's innovations, such as the first rubber-tired tractor and the first self-propelled combine.The book is filled with photographs and illustrations that help to bring the company's history to life. It also includes a comprehensive index and bibliography for readers who want to learn more about specific topics.Overall, Allis Chalmers: A Brief History Of 103 Years Of Production is an essential read for anyone interested in the history of the agricultural machinery industry or the Allis Chalmers company specifically. It provides a fascinating look at the company's rise and fall and the impact it had on American agriculture.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Allis Chalmers A Brief History Of 103 Years Of Production

Allis A Brief History Of 103 Years Of Production is a comprehensive book written by Walter Geist that provides a detailed account of the history of the Allis Chalmers company. The book covers the company's 103-year history, from its founding in 1901 to its eventual closure in 2004. The book is divided into several chapters that cover different periods in the company's history. The first chapter provides an overview of the company's early years and its founders, William James Chalmers and Edward P. Allis. The subsequent chapters cover the company's growth and expansion, its involvement in World War II, and its eventual decline in the 1980s and 1990s.Throughout the book, Geist provides a wealth of information about the company's products, including tractors, combines, and other agricultural machinery. He also delves into the company's innovations, such as the first rubber-tired tractor and the first self-propelled combine.The book is filled with photographs and illustrations that help to bring the company's history to life. It also includes a comprehensive index and bibliography for readers who want to learn more about specific topics.Overall, Allis A Brief History Of 103 Years Of Production is an essential read for anyone interested in the history of the agricultural machinery industry or the Allis Chalmers company specifically. It provides a fascinating look at the company's rise and fall and the impact it had on American agriculture.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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An Investigation Of Trade And Industrial Schools, Conducted For The International Harvester Company Of America

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Architectural Bronze and Iron. --

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Architectural Bronze and Iron. --

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A Revolution Down on the Farm The Transformation of American Agriculture since 1929

<p>At a time when food is becoming increasingly scarce in many parts of the world and food prices are skyrocketing, no industry is more important than agriculture. Humans have been farming for thousands of years, and yet agriculture has undergone more fundamental changes in the past 80 years than in the previous several centuries. In 1900, 30 million American farmers tilled the soil or tended livestock; today there are fewer than 4.5 million farmers who feed a population four times larger than it was at the beginning of the century. Fifty years ago, the planet could not have sustained a population of 6.5 billion; now, commercial and industrial agriculture ensure that millions will not die from starvation. Farmers are able to feed an exponentially growing planet because the greatest industrial revolution in history has occurred in agriculture since 1929, with U.S. farmers leading the way. Productivity on American farms has increased tenfold, even as most small farmers and tenants have been forced to find other work. Today, only 300,000 farms produce approximately ninety percent of the total output, and overproduction, largely subsidized by government programs and policies, has become the hallmark of modern agriculture. A Revolution Down on the Farm: The Transformation of American Agriculture since 1929 charts the profound changes in farming that have occurred during author Paul K. Conkin's lifetime. His personal experiences growing up on a small Tennessee farm complement compelling statistical data as he explores America's vast agricultural transformation and considers its social, political, and economic consequences. He examines the history of American agriculture, showing how New Deal innovations evolved into convoluted commodity programs following World War II. Conkin assesses the skills, new technologies, and government policies that helped transform farming in America and suggests how new legislation might affect farming in decades to come. Although the increased production and mechanization of farming has been an economic success story for Americans, the costs are becoming increasingly apparent. Small farmers are put out of business when they cannot compete with giant, non-diversified corporate farms. Caged chickens and hogs in factory-like facilities or confined dairy cattle require massive amounts of chemicals and hormones ultimately ingested by consumers. Fertilizers, new organic chemicals, manure disposal, and genetically modified seeds have introduced environmental problems that are still being discovered. A Revolution Down on the Farm concludes with an evaluation of farming in the twenty-first century and a distinctive meditation on alternatives to our present large scale, mechanized, subsidized, and fossil fuel and chemically dependent system.</p>

Belle City threshers

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Better country schools for Missouri ..

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Better Country Schools for Missouri . .

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Better Country Schools for Missouri . .

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Binder Twine Industry

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Bringing Allis Home Growing Up with an Allis-Chalmers WC in the Family

The first part of Bringing Allis Home provides nearly 30 episodes involving work on a typical mid-American farm in the 1940s and 50s with a much-loved family friend, an Allis-Chalmers WC. The second part contains various episodes in recent times that involve the young boy who is telling the stories in the first part. The young boy is now retired and attempts to take a similar tractor back to his home farm for one more tractor ride across the fields there. The return trip turned out not to be as easily done as he had thought.

Classic Farm Tractor-a-Day 2012 w/toy

A collection of fans' favorite classic tractors from John Deere, International Harvester, Ford, Minneapolis-Moline, and more. Includes color photography of current restored machines as well as archival photos, vintage brochures, and other collectible memorabilia. Also includes a 1/64-scale collectible farm tractor toy.

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.

Comparative Outlines, Employe [sic.] Representative Plans: Of The Bethlehem Steel Co., The International Harvester Co., The Standard Oil Co., New ... Co., The Standard Oil Co., Indiana, The...

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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.

Corn King Manure Spreader

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Coronation Souvenir

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Deering

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Deering Corn Machines

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Diversified Farming in the Cotton Belt

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Dixie Wonder and Handy Andy...

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Empire Corn Drills...

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