[AT] Some ads from the 7/29 Lancaster Farming
Larry D. Goss
rlgoss at evansville.net
Sun Jul 30 20:37:20 PDT 2006
It really is a fun read. It shows you how to open a field for plowing,
for planting, etc. How to sharpen sickle bar knives, how to sharpen a
plow share, and all sorts of other skills that we needed on the farm
before the term "agribusiness" was invented.
There was a thread here a couple of days ago about the "right way" to do
repairs. I had to laugh to myself about the idealism of fixing things
only with OEM parts. We didn't have the money to ever buy new equipment
for the farm. Every last piece of equipment we owned had been purchased
at farm sales in something less than operable condition. We fixed it up
with generic parts wherever possible, but it was always breaking down.
We had to figure out how to get back in operation with a "baling wire"
fix. Otherwise it was a long walk back to the barn and chores or
harvests wouldn't get done in a timely manner. It wasn't until this
century that I finally learned the modern techniques of modular part and
assembly replacement that is such an integral part of today's warrantee
service. I'm not so sure that is a philosophical step forward. Maybe
that's one of the fascinations I find with restoring tractors which are
orphans -- there's still some room for ingenuity.
We even recycled baling wire. Dad rigged a punch in the hitch pin hole
of the 7 X 14 trailer we used as a farm wagon. Then he would slip the
eye of the used wire over the punch, grip the other end in a pair of
vise-grips, and give it several hard yanks. The process caused the wire
to momentarily reach its yield strength and resulted in an absolutely
straight piece of wire that we could use again in the International hay
baler. Not having to buy a brand new bundle of baling wire for the
first cutting of alfalfa was a significant saving for us.
BTW, Farmer, I finally bit the bullet and replaced the gauge wheels that
you told me how to repair six or seven years ago. I used Shoe-Goo just
like you told me to and the patches lasted all this time. The treads
were still patched, but the bore and bearings were completely shot and
there was no way another application of Shoe-Goo was going to solve the
problem.
Larry
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It is a fun book. I read it every couple of months.
deanvp at att.net wrote:
> Here's the list of publication years for the JD Care and Repair books
from an article Greg Stephen did for Green Magazine (Nov '95):
>
> Edition Year Tractors
> 1st 1927 D
> 2nd 1928 D
> 3rd 1929 D, GP, (C)
> 4th 1930 D, GP, (C)
> 5th 1931 D, GP, GPWT
> 6th 1932 D, GP, GPWT
> 7th 1933 D, GP, GPWT
> 8th 1934 A, GP, D
> 9th 1935 A, GP, D
> 10th 1936 A, B, D
> 11th 1937 A, B, D
> 12th 1938 A, B, D, L
> 13th 1939 AR, Styled A, B, D, L
> 14th 1940 -same-
> 15th 1941 "
> 16th 1942 "
> 17th 1943 "
> 18th 1944 "
> 19th 1945 "
> 20th 1946 "
> 21st 1947 A, B, D, L, M
> 22nd 1948 -same-
> 23rd 1950 A, B, D, L, M, MC, R
> 24th 1951 -same-
> 25th 1952 50, 60, M, MC, MT, R
> 26th 1953 40, 50, 60, 70
> 27th 1955 40, 50, 60, 70
> 28th 1957 420, 520, 620, 720
>
>
> -------------- Original message from "Larry D. Goss"
<rlgoss at evansville.net>: --------------
>
>
>
>>>For Sale:
>>
>>>Operation, care and repair of farm machinery, tenth edition by John
>>>Deere. 1936-37, $25. Other JD books. Lanc. Co. 717-394-4219.
>>
>>Humm. It's rare when I find something listed in these ads that I
happen
>>to also have for sale. I've got the 28th edition for sale from 1957.
>>I'm wondering about the sequencing. Were there new editions during the
>>war years? My edition is 18 subsequent to the one that's advertised in
>>Lancaster county, but it's 21 years later in copy write. Mine was
>>published close to the end of the two-cylinder era for John Deere when
>>they were using three-digit model numbers.
>>
>>For any of you that are not familiar with this publication, it is a
>>textbook used in high school Vo-Ag and FFA. It is also a virtual
>>operation and maintenance manual for the current John Deere
agricultural
>>equipment of the time. Contact me off list if you're interested in my
>>copy.
>>
>>Larry
>>rlgoss at evansville.net
>>
>>
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> <P>Here's the list of publication years for the JD Care and Repair
books from an article Greg Stephen did for Green Magazine (Nov '95):</P>
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Edition
Year
Tractors</P>
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1st &nb
sp;
1927
D<BR>
2nd &nb
sp;
1928
D<BR>
3rd &nb
sp;
1929
D, GP, (C)<BR>
4th &nb
sp;
1930
D, GP, (C)<BR>
5th &nb
sp; 1931 &nb
sp;
> D, GP
> , GPWT<BR>
6th &nb
sp;
1932
D, GP, GPWT<BR>
7th &nb
sp;
1933
D, GP, GPWT<BR>
8th &nb
sp;
1934
A, GP, D<BR>
9th &nb
sp;
1935
A, GP, D<BR>
10th &n
bsp; 1936 &nb
sp;
>
> A, B, D<BR>
11th &n
bsp;
1937
A, B, D<BR>
12th &n
bsp;
1938
A, B, D, L<BR>
13th &n
bsp;
1939
AR, Styled A, B, D, L<BR>
14th &n
bsp;
1940 &n
bsp;
-same-<BR>
15th &n
bsp; 1
941
>
>
"<BR>
16th &n
bsp;
1942 &n
bsp;
"<BR>
17th &n
bsp;
1943 &n
bsp;
"<BR>
18th &n
bsp;
1944 &n
bsp;
"<BR>
19th &n
bs
p;
> 1945&n
>
bsp; &n
bsp;
"<BR>
20th &n
bsp;
1946 &n
bsp;
"<BR>
21st &n
bsp;
1947
A, B, D, L, M<BR>
22nd &n
bsp;
1948 &n
bsp; -same-<BR>
23rd &n
bsp;
1950 A
, B
> , D, L
> , M, MC, R<BR>
24th &n
bsp;
1951 &n
bsp; -same-<BR>
25th &n
bsp;
1952
50, 60, M, MC, MT, R<BR>
26th &n
bsp;
1953
40, 50, 60, 70<BR>
27th &n
bsp;
1955
40, 50, 60, 70<BR>
28th &n
bsp; 1957 &nb
sp;
>
> 420, 520, 620, 720</P>
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#1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message from "Larry D. Goss"
<rlgoss at evansville.net>: -------------- <BR><BR><BR>> >For
Sale: <BR>> <BR>> >Operation, care and repair of farm
machinery, tenth edition by John <BR>> >Deere. 1936-37, $25. Other
JD books. Lanc. Co. 717-394-4219. <BR>> <BR>> Humm. It's rare when
I find something listed in these ads that I happen <BR>> to also have
for sale. I've got the 28th edition for sale from 1957. <BR>> I'm
wondering about the sequencing. Were there new editions during the
<BR>> war years? My edition is 18 subsequent to the one that's
advertised in <BR>> Lancaster county, but it's 21 years later in copy
write. Mine was <BR>> published close to the end of the two-cylinder
era for John Deere when <BR>> they were using three-digit model
numbers. <BR>> <BR>> For any of you that are not familiar with
this publi
cat
> ion, i
> t is a <BR>> textbook used in high school Vo-Ag and FFA. It is also
a virtual <BR>> operation and maintenance manual for the current John
Deere agricultural <BR>> equipment of the time. Contact me off list
if you're interested in my <BR>> copy. <BR>> <BR>> Larry
<BR>> rlgoss at evansville.net <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
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