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1.		Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food from Oxford University Press, USA Price: $9.95 Customer Review: I do not want to doubt the intentions behind the book's advocacy for marrying organic farming and genetic manipulation. The effort to raise yields while maintaining ecological balance is supposed to be a noble cause. The biggest concern I have on genetically manipulated crops is their effects... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


2.		Handy Farm Devices: And How to Make Them from The Lyons Press Price: $19.96 Customer Review: I'm sure the original is a great book - but this version has no pictures, so when the text refers you to look at the drawing, you have nothing to reference. I'm looking for a copy with original illustrations.	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


3.		The Old Barn Book: A Field Guide to North American Barns and Other Farm Structures from Rutgers University Press Price: $95.49 Customer Review: This field guide has what I consider to be soso black and white photos and drawings of each type of barn and supporting structures. If you are looking for accurate information on a style of barn and where it may be located this is the book for you. I would perfer better quality photo's and some... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


4.		Machinery's Handbook Guide 27th Edition (Machinery's Handbook Guide to the Use of Tables and Formulas) from Industrial Press, Inc. Price: $37.13 Customer Review: Another big plus in this line of manuals. The Guide makes it much easier to use the larger manual. A must have...	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


5.		Legendary John Deere Tractors: A Photographic History from Voyageur Press Price: $5.86 Customer Review: I purchased this book for my husband as a Christmas gift. He is an avid John Deere individual and enjoys all types of John Deere memorabilia. He found great joy in the colorful, clear photos of the tractors he knew and used that were included in this book. He has shared it with several of his fellow... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


6.		The American Barn from Motorbooks International Price: $22.76 Customer Review: This book is one of the best picture books on the subject of American Barns, but it is so much more. The author has written some interesting and informative material following the evolution of the barn throughout American history,and as barns changed to meet new needs as settlement moved... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


7.		How to Restore Your Farm Tractor (Motorbooks Workshop) from MBI Price: $10.25 Customer Review: An excellent and interesting orientation as to what it would take to restore an old farm tractor. I found a lot of good b&w photos and a desciptive,easy to understand text. There are appendexes listing clubs and parts vendors also. Buy this book along with a shop manual before you buy a tractor.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


8.		Barn: The Art of a Working Building from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Price: $23.95 Customer Review: Endersby and fellow authors, using an intelligent combination of pictures, drawings, and text to successfully depict both finished buildings and structural detail, have written the definitive book on barns. They trace the lineage of American barns from their European roots in a lively, readable,... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


9.		Complete Plans for Building Horse Barns: Big and Small from Breakthrough Publications Price: $29.99 Customer Review: I thought this was a well done job of advising the reader on how to design a barn that fits the horse-owning public's wide variety of needs for horse shelter. There were many different examples of horse barn designs along with the basic design decisions that need to be made for a successful design... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


10.		How To Restore Classic Farmall Tractors: The Ultimate Do-it-Yourself Guide to Rebuilding and Restoring from Voyageur Press Price: $19.76 Customer Review: The book is well made with good cover. It is interesting on history and how to go about buying a tractor and global restoring. I would have like to have seen more detail as in grease points and maintence charts. If you want a very general book then this is good reading but if you want more specific... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


11.		Legendary Farm Tractors: A Photographic History from Voyageur Press Price: $15.61 Customer Review: My Husband and 4 yr old love to look through this together.. Great Book for the interested Future Farmers and present..	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


12.		Encyclopedia of American Farm Implements & Antiques from Krause Publications Price: $19.79 Customer Review: I purchased this book for my Father (who is a 75 year old retired farmer) as a gift. He loved it and has spent many hours reading this book. He has had me purchase 2 more copies and has given them as gfts. It was an excellent purchase and is a very enjoyable book.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


13.		Yard & Garden Tractor Service Manual: Multi-Cylinder Models/Cat No. Ygt2-1 (Clymer Pro Series.) from Primedia Business Directories & Books Price: $20.71 Customer Review: I havent received the book yet, but I found a list of the lawn tractors covered in this volume, I spent some time looking for it, and it just saves from the hassle of buying the wrong one. [...]	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


14.		Small-Scale Haymaking (Country Workshop) from Voyageur Press Price: $13.12 Customer Review: The author did a good job of describing a small haying operation done on a shoestring budget. He mentions early on that it is not economical to hay on a small scale with brand new, off the showroom, big iron. So he focuses on used equipment. Talks alot about each piece of equipment and how and when... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


15.	[no image]	The Scythe Book: Mowing Hay, Cutting Weeds, and Harvesting Small Grains, With Hand Tools from Alan C Hood & Co Price: $68.61 Customer Review: I haven't seen any other scythe books - but I don't think I have to. As the book has two different writers work, and they don't always agree, it presents a balanced view on the best side of using scythes. After reading it all I feel like I should be able to achieve a good result, and make the best... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


16.	[no image]	Agricultural Process Engineering from Springer	Click here for more information


17.		Machinery's Handbook, 27th Edition (Toolbox Edition) from Industrial Press, Inc. Price: $68.95 Customer Review: If you know what this book is you already know it's well worth the money. I only wish I would have bought the full size print version rather than the smaller print version. The same info is in both, but larger print would have been nice. Also, the smaller book has a harder time staying open to the... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


18.		The Compact Tractor Bible (Country Workshop) from Voyageur Press Price: $6.09 Customer Review: I bought this book thinking it would help me figure out what kind of compact tractor I need for my business. What a mistake! It is badly written, and vast majority of the book is aimed at golf-course mowing. Despite the many promises, consumer/homeowner vs. commercial machines is not touched.... more info	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


19.		The John Deere Story: A Biography Of Plowmakers John & Charles Deere from Northern Illinois University Press Price: $15.50 Customer Review: "The John Deere Story" tells a great tale. It focuses on John Deere's development of the modern plow, his successes and failures as a businessman and his business-minded son Charles' success in promoting what is now an international brand. But what also makes this story great is the insight into the... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


20.		Introduction to Agricultural Engineering Technology: A Problem Solving Approach from Springer Price: $60.51	Click here for more information


21.	[no image]	Fields Without Dreams: Defending the Agrarian Idea from Free Press Price: $18.41 Customer Review: Hanson's prose is lively and elegant. His knowledge of Greek and Roman literature broadens the context of the history of his ancestors' farm in California. The larger background of the struggle to hold on to the farm is the extinction of a way of life in America, swallowed up by the meaninglessness... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


22.		Old Tractors Never Die: Roger's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Ageless Iron from Voyageur Press Price: $6.00 Customer Review: My first exposure to Roger Welsch came from his "Post Cards From Nebraska" as aired on CBS's "Sunday Morning". The folks at CBS, lost a viewer, now that the "Postcard" segments are rarely included. The main result of the CBS error, was that I turned heavily to the reading of Roger's books, to... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


23.	[no image]	Tractors : The History of the American Tractor in 500 Photos from Salamander Books Ltd Price: $29.95 Customer Review: I was very impressed with this book. The pictures are great and so is the information. I actually bought two of these books, one for each of my grandfathers. When I gave it to my dad to look over, he didn't want to give it back. I'll have to remember it for him next year. I know my grandfathers will... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


24.		How to Keep Your Tractor Running (Motorbooks Workshop) from MBI Price: $10.50	Click here for more information


25.		Farm Machinery: Practical Hints for Handy-men from The Lyons Press Price: $2.95	Click here for more information


26.		The John Deere Two-Cylinder Tractor Encyclopedia: The Complete Model-by-Model History from Voyageur Press Price: $25.03	Click here for more information


27.		Classic Farmall Tractors: History, Models, Variations & Specifications 1922-1975 (Tractor Legacy Series) from Voyageur Press Price: $16.39 Customer Review: This is another great book from IH author and historian Ken Updike. I found the text engaging and informative without being overly dry which is easy to do. There are also lots of pictures and ads, almost all are vintage and many are in color, used throughout. Overall I'd highly recommend this book... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


28.		How to Rebuild and Restore Farm Tractor Engines (Motorbooks Workshop) from MBI Price: $189.95 Customer Review: This item was as described. Received w/i a few days of purchase. Will be enjoyed for many years.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


29.		American Family Farm Antiques (Wallace-Homestead Price Guide) from Wallace-Homestead Book Company Price: $15.93	Click here for more information


30.		Chainsaws: A History from Harbour Pub. Price: $32.36 Customer Review: The auther and collectors displayed in this book show off a masterpiece of saws that cover the gambit of historic significance. It is truly a treasure in my library.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

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