Homesteader’s Library

Standard Catalog of Farm Tractors to 1960
Tons of iron-giant fun await you! Vintage tractors, once viewed as useless relics of days gone by, are now highly sought after by collectors looking to restore them to their original pride and power. This exhaustive reference work offers histories of more than 900 different tractor makers: Case, John [...]

Farm Tractor Milestones
Author Randy Leffingwell and researcher Guy Fay poured their hearts and souls into selecting 36 tractors that changed the face of agriculture. The result is a unique, stunningly illustrated book that offers fresh insight into the hallmark machines of agriculture. Beginning with a Case steamer and ending with the Cat Challenger, this book [...]

Oliver Tractors
The 1929 merger of American Seeding Machine, Hart-Parr Tractor, Nichols & Shepard, and Oliver Chilled Plow Works was largely a response to the market domination of John Deere and International Harvester, but their complementary product lines proved a successful recipe until Oliver’s buyout in 1960 by the White Motor Corporation. This all-color history begins [...]

International Harvester Tractors, 1955-1985
This colorful history chronicles the final three decades of International Harvester operations, including the six-cylinder_s marketplace domination and the abundance of model choices in the 1960s, the redefinition of farm tractor power and comfort in the 1970s, and the end of an era in the 1980s. Model and design changes are highlighted in [...]

Allis-Chalmers Farm Tractors and Crawlers Data Book
Put everything you need to know about Allis-Chalmers tractors in your hip pocket! Beginning with the Model 10-18, this book covers all major Allis-Chalmers tractor and crawler models produced up through 1963. Packed with specs, serial numbers, engine codes, dates of manufacture, decal placement, options and original prices. Ideal [...]

Minneapolis-Moline Tractors
Looking for the right tractor at the right price has just gotten a whole lot easier! With this guide in hand you’ll have all the information necessary to make informed buying decisions on all Minneapolis-Moline models, including the U-DLX (Comfortractor), U, JT, N, and E. Gas, diesel, and alternate fuel models are also included [...]

How to Rebuild and Restore Farm Tractor Engines
From removing your engine to painting and installation, this guide describes how to determine what needs to be rebuilt or replaced, how to rebuild or replace it, and offers recommendations on whether the task should be done by you or by a professional. Yost focuses on the most [...]

Farmall Letter Series Originality Guide
Restoration is one thing. Correct restoration is quite another! This extensively researched, beautifully illustrated book describes in detail the correct paint and decals for your Letter Series or McCormick-Deering tractor. Filled with factory drawings indicating decal placement, instructions for factory paint and finish of individual parts, and more for the Farmall [...]

Illustrated Buyer’s Guide : Case Tractors
Identify, evaluate, and select every J.I. Case tractor built, including those collectible tractors built from 1956 to today! A virtual history of Case tractors from the steel-wheeled classics to the gas and diesel workhorses. Showcases two- and four-cylinder gasoline-, kerosene-, diesel-, and LP-Gas-fueled tractors built between 1912 and 1969. 2nd [...]

International Harvestor Tractor Data Book
Put everything you need to know about International Harvester tractors in your hip pocket! Beginning with the McCormick-Deering 15-30 introduced in 1921, this book includes all wheeled tractors produced up to the last 650, including the Farmall Regular, the Model M, and the Cub. Packed with specs, serial numbers, engine codes, [...]