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The Proud Heritage of AGCO Tractors, by Norm Swinford, published by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, St. Joseph, Mich., 1999. 8½ x 11 hardcover, ix + 279 pages, ISBN 1-892769-08-5. Please note this book is new, not used, with a new dust jacket. With the acquisition of Deutz-Allis in 1990, the Allis-W Gleaner Corporation (AGCO) became an industry power house. The Proud Heritage of AGCO Tractors, one of the book from the American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE) series on agricultural equipment manufacturers, delves into the history of this unique company. Author Norm Swinford tells a story that combines the old and the new - focusing primarily on yesterday but also on today. With its roots in the North American farm equipment industry, AGCO's heritage reaches as far back as the mid-1800s through many of its brands. While some of these brands no longer exist, their ideas and innovations are nonetheless a part of AGCO's heritage. Each of the 16 chapters focuses on a different company, providing a brief company history before concentrating primarily on the tractor line. The end of each chapter contains the important Nebraska tractor test results and specifications. Jam-packed with over 750 photos (more than one-third in color), no other book provides as much detail about so many AGCO-related tractors. Within these pages explore the genealogy of the AGCO Corporation, more specifically the tractor product lines that, in some mostly indirect manner, contributed to the current extensive line of tractors under the AGCO banner. Only a very few farm equipment firms can claim a direct lineage from founder to the present, especially if the firm is more than a few (human) generations old. The history of the AGCO Corporation's antecedents is strewn with mergers, acquisitions, and bankruptcies which provide an interesting and intricate trail to follow. Such grand old names as Advance-Rumely, Allis-Chalmers, Deutz-Fahr, and Deutz-Allis; Hart-Parr, Oliver, Minneapolis-Moline, Avery, and Cockshutt; Wallis, Case Plow, Massey-Harris, and Ferguson all made their contribution to AGCO Allis, White, and Massey Ferguson, now a part of AGCO. They are The Proud Heritage of AGCO Tractors. Norm Swinford began working as a field representative for Allis-Chalmers in 1957. Thirty years later he retired from Deutz-Allis as Product Manager for tractors. Over the years Mr. Swinford's enthusiasm for these products has increased. An accomplished author, Swinford has written Allis-Chalmers Farm Equipment 1914-1985, A Guide to Allis-Chalmers Farm Tractors, Allis-Chalmers Construction Machinery & Industrial Equipment, and The Proud Heritage of AGCO Tractors. Mr. Swinford and his wife, Betty, have lived in the Milwaukee area for the past 41 years. * Advance-Rumely and Allis-Chalmers * Aultman and Taylor Machinery Co. * The Invention of the OilPull Tractor * Four Generations of OilPulls * F 15-30 and F 18-35 (1911-18) * H 14-28 and H 16-30 (1917-24) * Generation Three: A New OilPull Line * Generation Four: New Power Ratings * W 20-30 (1928-30) X 25-40 (1928-30) Y30-50(1929-] Z 40-60(1929-) * The GasPull Tractor (1911-15) * Allis-Chalmers Acquires Advance-Rumely * Advance-Rumely OilPull - Tests & Specs. * The 6-12 and Duplex Tractors (1919-26) * The 15-30. 18-30, 20-35. E20-35, and E25-40 Tractors (1918-36) * The 12-20 and 15-25 Tractors (1920-27) * The United/Model U Tractors (1929-53) * The All-Crop/Model US Tractors (1930-53) * The Model A Tractor (1936-42) * The Model WF Tractor (1940-51) * The Model B Tractor (1937-57) * The Model RC Tractor (1938-41) * The Model C Tractor (1940-50) * The Model G Tractor (1948-55) * The WD and WD 45 Tractors (1948-57) * The Model CA Tractor (1950-58) * The Model D14 Tractor (1957-60) * The Model Dl 7 Tractor (1957-67) * The Models D10 and D12 (1959-1968) * The Models D15&D15 Series H (1960-68) * The Model D21 and D21 Series II (1963-69) * One-Ninety and One Ninety XT (1964-73) * One-Seventy and 170 (1967-73) * The Model Two-Twenty and Two-Ten (1969-72) * The One-Sixty, 160. and 6040 (1969-74) * Models 7030 and 7050 (1973-74) * The 5040, 5045, and 5050 (1976-83) * The 5020, 5030, 5015 Tractors (1977-85) * The 6060, 6070, and 6080 (1980-85) * 4W Series Tractors (1982-85) * A-C D-Series Specs. (1957-65) * A-C Hundred Series Spec. (1964-81) * A-C 7000, 8000, 4W, & 6000 Series Specs * A-C Imported Tractors Specs. * Tractor Development in Europe * Deutz and Deutz-Fahr Tractors in N. Am. * The DX3.10-DX3.90 Series (1985) * DX90-DX160 Tractors (1979-83) * The DX4.70-DX7.10 Tractors (1983-85) * Deutz and Deutz-Fahr Tractors Specs. * Deutz-Allis 6200 Series (1985-90) * The 7100 Series Tractors (1986-90) * Deutz-Allis 7190 (Deutz-Fa.hrDX8.30) * The "New Dimensions" Tractors (1987-90) * Deutz-Allis 100-Plus HP Tractors * Deutz-Allis 9100 Series Tractors (1989-93) * New Deutz-Allis Model from KHD * SAME-Lamborghini-Hurllman (S+L+H) * AGCO-Allis 9600 Series Tractors (1993-98) * Liquid-Cooled Engines (1994-) * The 8700 and 9700 Series (1997-) * Models 9755, 9765, 9775, 9785 (1998-) * Oliver Farm Equipment Company * The Oliver Farm Equipment Company * Nichols and Shepard Threshing Machine Co. * American Seeding Machine Company * The Oliver Chilled Plow Company * The Hart-Parr Tractor Company * Hart-Parr 30-60: "Old Reliable" (1907-18) * Traction Engines Becomes Tractors * Hart-Parr 12-27 and 18-35 (1914-18) * "Little Red Devil" (1914-16) * Hart-Parr 30 (15-30 A & 15-30 C) (1928-24) * Hart-Parr 20, 10-20 B & 10-20 C (1920-24) * Hart-Parr 40 and 22-40 (1923-27) * Hart-Parr 12-24 E, G and H (1924-30) * Hart-Parr 16-30 E and F (1924-26) * Hart-Parr 18-36 G and H (1926-30) * Oliver Hart-Parr Row-Crop 18-27 (1930-37) * Oliver Hart-Parr 18-28 (1930-37) * Oliver Hart-Parr 28-44 (1930-37) * Oliver Hart-Parr 70 Row-Crop (1935-37) * Oliver 70 Row-Crop (1937-48) * Oliver Streamlined 88RC (1947^48) * Oliver Fleetline 66, 77, and 88 (1948-54) * Oliver 99 and 99 D (1952-53) * The Super Series (1954-1958) * Oliver Super 77 and Super 88 * Oliver Super 99 and Super 99 GM * Oliver Hundred Series Tractors * Oliver 770 and 880 (1958-67) * Oliver 950, 990, & 995 Lugmatic (1958-61) * Oliver 500 and 600 (1960-63) * Oliver 1800 and 1900 (1960-64) * Oliver 1800 & 1900 Front-Wheel Assist * Terra-Tires Go Where Regular Tires Fear to Tread * The 50 Series Tractors (1964-69) * More Traction, More Speed, More Time in the Field * Oliver 2050 and 2150 (1968-69) * Oliver Tractors Built by Fiat * Oliver 1250-A; White-Oliver 1255 (1969-71) * Oliver 1265 & 1365; White 1270 & 1370; M-M G350 and G450 * Oliver 1465 and White 1470 (1972-75) * White-Oliver 1555 and White M-M G550 * White-Oliver 1655; White-M-M G750 * White-Oliver 1755; White-M-M G850; White-Oliver 1855; White-M-M G940; White-Oliver 1955 (1970-74) * The Heritage Tractors (1969-70) * Oliver Models Based on M-M Tractors * Oliver 1865; M-M G950 (1969-71) * Oliver 2055; M-M G1050 (1969-71) * Oliver 2155: M-M G1350 (1969-71) * White-Oliver 2455; M-M A4T-1400 (1969-70) * Oliver 2655; M-M A4T-1600; White Plainsman Oliver 2255 (1972-76) * Oliver Hart-Parr & Oliver Tractor Specs. * Oliver Hundred & Thousand Series Specs. * Oliver Trac. Prod. by D. Brown - Specs. * Oliver Tractors Prod. by Fiat - Specs. * Cockshutt Farm Equipment Co. * The National Farm Machinery Coop., Inc. * Cockshutt Crosses the Border * Cockshutt 30 - CO-OP E3 (1946-56) * Cockshutt 20 - CO-OP E2 (1952-58) * Cockshutt 40 - CO-OP E4 (1949-57) * Cockshutt 50 - CO-OP E5 (1952-57) * Cockshutt Golden Eagle (1956-57) * Cockshutt Golden Arrow (1957-) * The Black Hawk Tractors (1956) * The Cockshutt 500 Series Tractors * Cockshutt 570 Super (1961-62) * Cockshutt-Fiat 411R and 41 IRQ * Cockshutt Tractors from Oliver * Minneapolis Threshing Machine Co. * Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Co. * The Minneapolis-Moline Power Impl. Co. * Twin-City KT and KTA (1929-38) * Universal MT and MTA (1930-38) * Twin-City FT and FTA (1932-38) * Universal J and JT (1934-37) * Universal Z, ZA, and ZB (1936-55) * Universal U, UDLX, UB, and UB Special * GT, GTA, GTB, GTC, GTB-D, and GB * The Minneapolis-Moline Company * The B. F. Avery & Sons Company * B. F. Avery Joins Minneapolis-Moline * The M670 and M670 Super (1964-70) * G1000, G1000 Vista, G1000 Wheatland, G900 * G1050, G950, G1350 (1969-72) * A4T 1400, A4T 1600 LPG, A4T 1600 Dsl * M-M Tractors Based on Oliver Tractors * Moline Plow Co. Universal Tractors & Minn. Threshing Machine Co. Tractors * Minn. Steel and Machinery Co. Twin-City Tractors and M-M Tractors after 1929 * M-M and B. F. Avery Tractor Specs. * White Cross-Branded Tractors * White Field Boss 4-150 (1974-78) * White 2-135, 2-155 (1976-82) * WFE Series 3 Tractors (1982-87) * The Jap. Connection - White-Iseki Tractors * White-Iseki 2-30 and 2-35 (1979-84) * White-Iseki 2-45 and 2-62 (1979-81) * WFE 2-55, 2-65, and 2-75 (1982-87) * WFE 2-88 and 2-110 (1982-87) * New Four-Wheel-Drive Tractors * New Field Boss Compacts from Iseki * New Engines - New Line (1986-89) * White American 60 and 80 (1989-91) * The Workhorse Series (1990-92) * White Field Boss Tractor Specs. (1974-82) * White Field Boss Tractor Specs. * Allied Products Corp. Tractor Specs. * AGCO White 6065, 6085, and 6105 (1992-97) * White 61000 Series (1993-98) * The 6215 - Bigger and Better (1994-98) * The 6124 and 6144 Quadra-Shift Tractor * A New Generation of White Tractor * The Fieldmaster 10 Series 8510, 8610, 8710, 8810 (1998-) * The Massey-Harris Company, Ltd. * The Challenger and Pacemaker (1936-38) * All New But the Tires: 101, 101 Super, and 101 Senior (1938-46) * The 201. 202, and 203 Tractors (1940-47) * 81 and 82 Tractors (1941-46) * The 20, 22, Colt, and Mustang (1946-56) * Pony 11, Pony 14, and Pacer (1947-56) * The Famous Model 44 and 44-6 (1946-55) * Massey-Harris 333 and 444 (1956-58) * Wallis and Massey-Harris Tractor Specs. * Massey-Harris Tractor Specs. * The F. Perkins Company, Ltd. (1958) * The MF25-MF88 Family (1957-71) * Purchased-Finished Big Tractors * MF130-MF180 Tractors (1964-75) * 1100 Series Tractors (1964-77) * The O5 Series 80- to 145-Hp Tractors * Massey Ferguson 4WD Tractors * 4800 Series Four-Wheel-Drive Tractors * MF5200 Four-Wheel-Drive Tractor * MF2600. MF2700, and MF2800 Series * MF200 Series Moves to England * MF600 Series Cab Tractors (1983-87) * MF154-4 and MF184-4 (1980-82) * MF254, MF274. and MF294 (1982-89) * MF154S, MF174S, and MF194F (1986-89) * MF364S, 3 74S, 384S, and 394S (1989-) * The MF300 Series 50- to 95-Hp Tractors * The MF3000 and MF3100 Series Tractors * The 3600 Series Tractors (1987-93) * Ford-Ferguson, Ferguson, & Massey Ferguson Tractor Specs. * Massey Ferguson Tractor Specs. * The MF6100 and MF8100 Series (1995-) * Next Generation MF4200 Series (1997-) * Massey Ferguson 6100 and 8100 Series Tractors Sold in the Unites States * Massey Ferguson 4200 and 2200 Series Tractors Sold in the United States * Massey Ferguson Compact Diesels * Toyosha-Built 200 Series (1978-1984) * Toyosha-Built 1000 Series (1984-1991) * Iseki-Built 1100 Series (1991-) * Iseki-Built 1200 Series (1993-) * Massey Ferguson Compact Dsl. Tractors * AGCO Expands into Four-Wheel Drive * The Massey-McConnell Connection * The AGCOSTAR 8360 and 8425 Tractors * Four-Wheel-Drive Tractor Specs. * Fendt Favorit 900 Series (1998-) * SAME Tractor Dist. in North America * U.S. media (book rate) mail is $4.50. PLEASE NOTE that our experience over the 2004-5 holiday season was that an alarming number of books took over four weeks to be delivered to states west of the Mississippi River. We think—and hope—this probably has something to do with homeland security rather than any sudden deterioration of postal service, but we really do not know. All we know for certain is that we do NOT want to deal with a number of inquires and complaints about “Where’s my books?†when there is NOTHING we can do after we hand the package to the postal clerk and have the receipt in hand. If you want to use media (book rate) mail please wait at least four weeks before you contact us to inquire about the whereabouts of your book. 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