TY - BOOK AU - Beemer,Rod AU - Leffingwell,Randy TI - Classic John Deere SN - 0760327130 PY - 2006///] CY - [St. Paul, MN] PB - Crestline KW - Farm tractors KW - History KW - John Deere tractors N1 - "First published in 2006 by MBI Publishing Company"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references (p. 190) and index; John Deere tractors. From plows to tractors: Dain all-wheel drive to the Waterloo Boy -- The tractor is here to stay: the Model D -- Developing the first row crop tractors: Models C, GP, A and B -- Styling comes to the tractor: Styled Models A and B -- Expanding the lines: Models L, LA, G, H, and M -- More power: Model R, Number Series, 20 Series and 30 Series -- New generations: Four-cylinder and Six-cylinder tractors; John Deere two-cylinder tractors. Old century, new century: Deere's $2.35 million tractor -- The 1920s: Deere begins with a D -- The 1930s: The next letter -- 1940s: Deere is letter perfect -- The early 1950s: From letters to numbers -- The mid-1950s: Bigger and better numbers -- The late 1950s: Closing numbers, final curtain ER -