Includes bibliographical references (page 316) and index.
Contents
Tractor power -- The first tractors -- The impact of the Fordson -- The first diesel tractors -- The Ferguson system -- Diesel power takes over -- The horsepower race -- Innovations in the 1960s -- Piling on the horsepower -- Ready for the robots.
Summary
Featuring more than 220 of the world's most significant tractors, this book begins with the first-ever tractor - the 1892 Froelich - before looking at models from noted manufacturers such as Massey-Ferguson, John Deere and Mercedes-Benz.