Title: John Deere: a history of the tractor /
Authors: Leffingwell, Randy, 1948-
Publisher: MBI Pub.,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Deere & Company History.; John Deere tractors History
Contents: A wary management faces the future, 1912-1915 -- Halting missteps lead to innovation, 1915-1916 -- In the beginning there was Dain, 1916-1918 -- Business progress is not always technological advance, 1918 -- The indomitable Henry Ford takes the field, 1918-1920 -- Mr. Silloway, this is the new tractor you bought, 1920-1925 -- Theo Brown's mechanical cultivator, 1925-1929 -- A special tractor for every crop and every region, 1929-1935 -- Depression and Renaissance, 1930-1937 -- A new direction and a new color, John Deere Industrials, 1925-1937 -- Henry Dreyfuss, meet Elmer McCormick, 1937-1938 -- Making tracks for sandy soils, 1938-1947 -- Letter proliferate lines expand, 1937-1938 -- Retiring the horse on the small farm, 1937-1946 -- Next generation GPs are spelled G and H, 1938-1943 -- The experimental meetings, written by Theo Brown, 1920s through 1940s -- Enter Dubuque, welcome the M, 1943-1954 -- If not Cletrac, then why not Lindeman? 1943-1949 -- Not the first diesel, just the most efficient one, 1949-1954 -- The alphabet ends with multiples of ten, 1949-1955 -- Better and better, 1955-1959 -- Deere brings the future to 1960, 1953-1961 -- The quest for more power and more features, 1961-1982 -- Into the present, into the future, 1983-200?