1954 Red Tractor Book (Including Nebraska Tests)

Kansas City, MO: Implement & Tractor. Good. 1954. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book. The book is in Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have rubbing, edge wear and small tears. The covers have generalized rubbing and ground in dirt. The text pages are clean and bright. "Farmall was a model name and later a brand name for tractors manufactured by the American company International Harvester (IH). The Farmall name was usually presented as McCormick-Deering Farmall and later McCormick Farmall in the evolving brand architecture of IH. Farmalls were general-purpose tractors. Their origins were as row-crop tractors, a category that they helped establish and in which they long held a large market share. During the decades of Farmall production (1920s to 1980s) , most Farmalls were built for row-crop work, but many orchard, fairway, and other variants were also built. Most Farmalls were all-purpose tractors that were affordable for small to medium-sized family farms and could do enough of the tasks needed on the farm that the need for hired hands was reduced and the need for horses or mules was eliminated. Thus Farmall was a prominent brand in the 20th-century trend toward the mechanization of agriculture in the US." (from Wikipedia) .