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ously unpublished pictures, as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.
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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
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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
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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
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sional attitude, improvements and
accomplishments.
Earle Robbins of Tioga County
won the Blue Ribbon Award in
March and received recognition
for the award at the November
conference. He was recognized
for coordinating programs for 4-H
members and adults in natural
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PROJECTIONS, CONTRACTS, MANURE
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resources, animal sciences, beef,
sheep, swine and horses.
The Blue Ribbon Award is
given to agents with three to seven
years of experience and is based
on members’ 4-H programming,
involvement in the association,
professional improvement and
community activities.