Online Catalogue last updated 15th of September 2008
A History of the Classic Tractor with text and photography by Randy Leffingwell.
The history of the American farm tractor is interwined with the history of American farming. Tractors lifted the burden from the back of the farmer and the horse and revolutionised agriculture.
Farmers needed a small gerneral-purpose row-crop tractor, and so the great Fordson, John Deere and International Farmall models were developed. The American Farm Tractor covers the history of many of these early classic tractors. More than 200 colour photographs, original ads, historic design drawings and factory photos tell the definitive story of the tractor's development, mechanical innovation, groundbreaking designs and the company histories.
The famous makes of John Deere, Ford, Ferguson, Caterpillar, Case, International Harvester, Allis Chalmers , Minneapolis Moline, Massey Harris, White, Oliver, Hart Parr, Rumley and Cockshutt are covered. Many of the lesser known makes such as Waterloo Boy, Graham-Bradley, Fairbanks Morse, Heider, Best, Holt, Emerson Brantingham, Aultman Taylor, Wallis, Russell and Samson are also covered.
Code No. 003457, 192 pages, ISBN 0879385324, $54.95