Homesteader’s Library

Ultimate American Farm Tractor Data Book : Nebraska Test Tractors, 1920-1960
Subtitled: Nebraska Test Tractors 1920-1960. A comprehensive guide of simple specifications and year-by-year ratings for every tractor built 1920-1960. Thoroughly cross-referenced, indexed, and organized by make, this data book contains Nebraska Tractor Test data, information on bore, stroke, years manufactured, horsepower, weight and more on [...]

John Deere Tractor Data Book : Two-Cylinder Models Through 1960
Subtitled: Two-Cylinder Models Through 1960. Restoring your tractor? Put everything you need to know in your hip pocket! This handy, pocket-sized guide provides all the information youre looking for on tractor serial numbers, engine, carburetor and magneto codes, specifications, decal placement, options and more. Page after [...]

FORD TRAC 2N 8N 9N I&T-SM
All the information you need to service your tractor! Easy-to-follow procedures, detailed illustrations and comprehensive specifications help guide you through complete tractor maintenance and repair with accuracy and efficiency. The savings on a minor repair will quickly off-set the cost of this manuals. Covers Series 2N, 8N and 9N. Sftbd., [...]

How to Restore Your Farm Tractor -2nd Edition
For fun, practicality or profit, farm tractor restoration has become extremely popular. Follow two tractors through professional restorations and examine carbs, diesel systems, hydraulics, engines and drives, electrical, PTOs, and more. From buying a tractor to final paint and decals, this book helps you do it right so [...]

The Tractor in the Pasture
To the tractor lover, there is something magical about the tractor in the pasture. It represents wisdom, strength, and former glory as the plower of soil, tender of crops, and the backbone of the nation. Much like the aging racehorse or the prize bull, after its working days are done, old [...]

Antique Tractor Bible
Subtitled: The Complete Guide to Buying, Using and Restoring Old Farm Tractors. Everything you need to keep your old iron alive and well! Filled with topics such as how to choose a brand and model, how to evaluate used tractors, how to maintain your tractor, and how the basic systems in a tractor [...]

John Deere: A History of the Tractor-Leatherbound
These Limited Edition Leatherbound are signed by the author and hand numbered. A rare collectible for the true enthusiast!No tractor has achieved a more iconic status than John Deere. It’s simple, two-cylinder tractors proved just the reliable, dependable tool the early 20th century American farmer needed to take the [...]

American Farm Tractor
** Now available in paperback!**Original ads, historic design drawings, and factory photographs tell the definitive story of the tractor’s development, mechanical innovations, groundbreaking designs, and company histories. Best-selling author Randy Leffingwell researched and photographed restored classics and one-of-a-kind experimental models from coast-to-coast to deliver the goods on American farm tractor history and farming. [...]

Ford Tractor Data Book
Subtitled: Fordson to the Hundred Series. Restoring your tractor? Put everything you need to know in your hip pocket! This handy, pocket-sized guide provides all the information youre looking for on tractor serial numbers, engine, carburetor and magneto codes, specifications, decal placement, options and more. Page after page of data puts all [...]

Agriculture Tractor, 1855-1950
A historical record of the development of the agricultural tractor in the United States from the early steam tractors, through the steel tire era, to 1950. These early designs opened the era of power farming. Includes many interesting bits of history on how the models evolved. Sftbd., 8 1/2x 11, 151 pgs., 177 [...]