ST. JOSEPH, Mich. John Deere Tractors and Equipment, 1837-1959. the ST. JOSEPH, Mich. John Deere Tractors and Equipment, 1837-1959, the first in a proposed two-volume set, was released by the publisher, the American Soci ety of Agricultural Engineers, in September 1988, the Society announced today. The book is the eighth in a series published by the Society that focuses on the history of agricultural equipment. In the first part of this 400-page, hardbound volume, author Don Macmillan goes beyond existing Deere studies, chronicling com pany history as it relates to pro duct line expansion and develop ment, from the time of the plow to Deere’s first diesel. As Boyd Bart lett, former Deere & Company president, points out in the book’s preface, “some of this expansion was by invention, some by adapta tion or modification and much by acquisition”. Whatever the route, however, during the 122-year span covered in the book, “farm equipment underwent more change than in the previous his tory of mankind”, and by 1959, “the John Deere product line had become one of the most diverse and best known in the industry”. A product review makes up the second part of the book and includes a large number of previ ously unpublished pictures, as well as details on almost every tractor, every implement Deere & Company produced in the period. THANK JIM DICE & FAMILY For Selecting Tri-County To Renovate Your Poultry Building To A 1000 Head Finishing Unit John C. Zimmermap Terry L. Weaver Galen L. Weaver V‘ QUALITY INSTALLATION John Deere Tractor And Equipment Story Released In all, the book contains 970 photographs (many in full color) taken from the Deere & Company archives and the authors’ private collections. Eleven appendices supplement the text and contain minute data on tractor specifications, model and production years, build dates, serial numbers and thirty years of tractor test results, making the vol ume a valuable resource for the serious tractor and farm machin ery “buff’. Author Macmillan and colla borator Russell Jones comment that “overall, the book is both product-specific-and nostalgic ... and with its generous page size and pictorial format, a wide audi ence will find it easy to read and enjoy”. Macmillan, who has previously written two books and many arti cles on John Deere tractors and UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre) Two Penn State Cooperative Extension agents recently were presented service awards for their contributions to4-H programming at the 1988 National Association of Extension 4-H Agents Annual Conference in Minneapolis. Sylvania Negley of Cumber land County won the Distin guished Service Award for prom oting consumer education prog rams, 4-H intra-state exchange, 4-H day camp and community ser YOU % 4 608 E. Evergreen Rd., Lebanon, PA 17042 Ph: 717-274-3488 Hours: Mon.-Fri. 7:00 to 4:30 Penn State Extension Agents Honored CONFINEMENT SYSTEMS INC. combines, owns one of the largest collections of vintage John Deere tractors in Europe and was for many years was a dealer in the U.K. Collaborator Russell Jones has wide experience in farm and construction machinery marketing worldwide. John Deere Tractors and Equipment, 1837-1959 is avail able from the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, 2950 Niles Road, St. Joseph, Michigan 49085-9659, telephone (616) 429-0300. Check, money order, Visa or Mastercard accepted. The price is $34.95 plus $2.00 postage and handling. Michigan residents add $1.40 sales tax/book. (For collectors, signed, “Pre sentation” copies with full leather binding ($395) and “Special Lim ited Edition” copies, leather spined and cornered ($270), are also available from the publisher, as well.) vice programs. Her achievements include enrolling 700 members from five school districts in the “Blue Sky Below My Feet” prog ram while keeping 700 additional students active in other projects and working with the 4-H Stream Monitoring Project. Negley was selected in March as a state winner and then recog nized as a Pennsylvania DS A win ner at the November conference. The award, which honors agents who have been in extension seven 1000 Head All-In All-Out Finishing •