Bibliograph

Implement & tractor, reflections on 100 years of farm equipment, edited by Robert K. Mills

Type

Label

Implement & tractor, reflections on 100 years of farm equipment, edited by Robert K. Mills

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 511)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Implement & tractor

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

16227673

Responsibility statement

edited by Robert K. Mills

Sub title

reflections on 100 years of farm equipment

Summary

Reproductions of actual stories, illustrations, and advertisements that have appeared in Implement & Tractor magazine, stories on companies and personalities

Table Of Contents

Before 1886 : the beginnings -- 1886-1895 : Shaping the industry -- 1897-1907 : competition between the companies -- 1908-1913 : Pre-war growth -- 1914-1918 : Mechanization of the farm -- 1919-1923 : Production increased faster than demand -- 1924-1927 : Companies try to satisfy needs of the farmers -- 1928-1932 : Giants are formed -- 1933-1935 : Bad times for everyone -- 1936-1941 : Recovery is slow -- 1942-1945 : We enter the war -- 1946-1951 : New farming equipment and methods -- 1952-1955 : Companies look abroad -- 1956-1960 : Fierce competition between manufacturers -- 1961-1968 : Big tractors get bigger and small tractors get smaller -- 1969-1974 : Farm boom and labor shortage -- 1975-1980 : Foreign money and products -- 1981-1986 : Costs increase and prices fall

resource.variantTitle

Implement and tractor

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