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The Massey Lagacy two-volume set is the first comprehensive review of the broad range of products manufactured or marketed by Massey Ferguson and its predecessor companies from 1847.

Volume One includes a wide survey of agricultural tractors as well as a chronology of company development and key people in it, company and product promotion, cultivation, planting and general field equipment, price lists and sales data.

Volume Two covers a wide range of harvesting equipment as well as other equipment under the headings of general farm, industrial tractors and equipment, household and farmyard, landscape, garden and forestry tractors and equipment. It also includes stationary gas engines, memorabilia, a feature on M-H in wartime, present trends and serial number, model and engine data.

Together, the two volumes present a vast amount of detailed information, including more than 1200 photographs, drawing extensively on archive material from the Farm Museum, Ontario, and more recent material from MF manufacturers' data. This text is a key resource for Massey enthusiasts around the world as well as for those with an interest in the general history of agricultural equipment.

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The first general-purpose tractor with narrowly spaced front wheels, the original Farmall was designed to do fine-tuned field cultivation as well as anything a team of farm horses could do — in short, to "farm all." The rest is history, even legend, in the agriculture industry — a legend that unfolds in these pages in full color and sharp detail. This big book features 500 photographs of Farmall tractors, from that first experimental model introduced in 1924, through the classic lineup of International Harvester models that bore the Farmall name, to the last one to roll off the assembly line (the landmark five-millionth tractor produced at the Farmall plant in Illinois). Detailed descriptions combine with these vibrant pictures to make Legendary Farmall Tractors a full-scale appreciation of the art of farm machinery at its can-do best.

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This is a model-by-model encyclopedia of John Deere tractors from their first appearance in 1892 to the latest 2009 models. Photographs showcase beautifully restored tractors as well as unique paintings and artwork from the Deere archives, rare and valuable original brochures, and studio photos of John Deere toys and models. For tractor enthusiasts, John Deere aficionados and devotees of American farm machinery at its finest, this big book is an unparalleled compendium of pictures and facts, the best look ever at the incomparable John Deere.

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Driving a tractor was a rite of passage for every farmboy and girl. Anyone who grew up on a farm has nostalgic stories about his or her first tractor: the Farmall that replaced the draft horses, the John Deere "Poppin' Johnny" that ran forever and the cursed tractor that would never start. The long hours spent in the metal tractor seat, come rain, snow or the glaring sun, were formative in a farmer's life.

Here are 25 stories from notable rural authors relating fond or not-so-fond memories of their first tractors, including Michael Perry, Bob Artley, Roger Welsch, Bob Feller, Ben Logan, Gwen Petersen, Ralph W. Sanders, Robert N. Pripps, Patricia Penton Leimbach, Randy Leffingwell, Lee Klancher, Don Macmillan, Scott Garvey, John Dietz and more.

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This classic guide fills a significant gap in the history of Deere and Company, weaving its culture, products and mystique into the larger context of American history.

In 1837, a young Illinois blacksmith named John Deere made a revolutionary steel plow that literally broke the Great Plains. Today, John Deere and Company is a manufacturing colossus that straddles the globe. It is noted for its integrity and customer service as much as for its wide-ranging line of tractors, heavy equipment and implements.

With lively, expert text and hundreds of full-color images, John Deere: Yesterday and Today relates the whole Deere saga, from the beginnings to the present day. Tractors old and new, vintage advertisements, personalities, unique memorabilia and more tell the story of a company that is uniquely American.

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An evocative memoir of life on a dairy farm in Minnesota’s St. Croix Valley, Memory of Trees is a multigenerational story of Gayla Marty’s family farm near Rush City, Minnesota. Cleared from woodlands by her great-grandfather Jacob in the 1880s, the farm passed to her father, Gordon, and his brother, Gaylon. Hewing to a conservative Swedish Baptist faith, the two brothers worked the farm, raising their families in side-by-side houses.

As the years go by, the families grow — and slowly grow apart. Uncle Gaylon, more doctrinaire in his faith, rails against the permissiveness of Gayla’s parents. Financial tensions arise as well when the farm economy weakens and none of the children is willing or able to take over. Gayla is encouraged to leave for college, international travel and city life, but the farm remains essential to her sense of self, even after the family decides to sell the land.

When Gaylon has an accident on a tractor, Gayla becomes driven to reconnect with him and to find out why she and her uncle — once so close but now estranged — were the only two members of the family who resisted selling the land. Guided by vivid images of the farm’s many beautiful trees, she pores over sacred and classical works as well as layers of her own memory to understand the forces that have transformed the American landscape and culture in the last half of the 20th century. Beneath the belief in land as a giver of life and blessings, she discovers a powerful anxiety born of human uprootedness and loss.

Movingly written, Memory of Trees will resonate for many with attachments to small towns or farms, whether they continue to work the land or, like so many, have left for a different life.

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This comprehensive guide provides detailed information on farm tractors produced from 1939 through 2012. Included is information covering approximate retail prices when new, plus a range of estimated used retail values. Estimated trade-in values are also included to help you determine the approximate cash value or loan value for a tractor. In addition, this guide contains specification information on engine size, transmission speeds and PTO horsepower.

Also included is a special section listing serial numbers, allowing you to determine the year a tractor was built. The Official Tractor Blue Book is a valuable resource for anyone buying, selling or trading used tractors. It is updated and published annually.

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This is a past version of the Farm Collector Show Directory available as a collectible item. All dates and show references are out-dated.

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The Farm Collector Show Directory is the No. 1 source for the most current and complete antique farm equipment show information. Packed with maps of each show location, detailed listings, club advertisements and commercial resources, the directory is your personal guide to the world of antique farm equipment shows. This jumbo book contains all the antique farm equipment shows in 2011 — from spring swaps and consignment auctions to antique tractor pulls, thresherees, fall shows and annual meetings. The directory features events from coast to coast — and Canada!

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If you like the "What Is It?" section in each issue of Farm Collector, you're going to love this special edition dedicated solely to mystery tools from farm country. Packed with super photos, patent drawings and collector resources, it is a jim-dandy for anybody interested in antique farm equipment.

The guide is split into six categories: field/crop, barn/shop, farmhouse, livestock, specialty tools and odd lots. It's a great reference for the collector and an equally great launchpad for the novice.