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Beautiful reprint of 1896 catalog details horse-drawn equipment including Machine of Steel harvester and binder, Daisy reaper, transports, corn harvesters and mowers. Beautiful color cover. SC, 40 pages, several two-color illustrations.

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This 141-page book covers all the basics for welding projects on the farm. Chapters include setting up a home shop, welding safety and different welding processes. The book is largely devoted to oxyacetylene gas and arc welding, but wire-feed MIG welding is also covered.

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With the proliferation of farm tractors in the 20th century, it seemed the day of the horse-drawn plow was over, but draft horses are coming back and proving useful once more. This 160-page book shows those new to farming with horses everything they need to know to make the old ways work like new.

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After Henry Ford made an indelible mark on the automotive world, he set out to revolutionize the world of agriculture. This 189-page book chronicles the complete history of the tractors that bore the name "Ford." Includes detailed descriptions, archival and modern photography and vintage advertisements.

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This 246-page book shows you how to make steam, hot air, and gas engines and how they work. Instructions are written in simple language and include clear pictures. Open the book and the first thing you see is a photo of a very fine live steam model of an American locomotive built by a 17-year-old.

Any boy can build simple engines and have fun running them. That means you can, too. And here's a slow paced — remember this is for boys — and easy to read text that will show you the fundamentals.

Chapters include: the first engines, two simple steam turbine engines, a simple piston steam engine, a 1/24 hp horizontal steam engine, making small boilers, fittings for model engines, a model Atlantic type locomotive, steam — the giant power, a hot air or caloric engine, a 1/8 hp gas engine, and more.

This book also shows you how to make the patterns for the castings. It suggests taking the patterns to a foundry to have them cast in brass or iron, but if you poured the castings yourself you could claim you built the entire engine. Assuming no boy would have a metal lathe, it is recommended having the cylinder bored by a machinist.

If you've already built the Gingery/Lewis Atkinson Differential engine, then this 1918 book might be a bit tame for you. But if you're just starting out, there are some projects here to try. It's fun reading for anyone with 10W-30 in his veins (or sloshing around in his head), and it's a great gift for a young man.

Fun reading. Informative. Simple.