Foreword

1870-1913: Deering and McCormick prepare for the future

1914-1928: second-generation power farming looks to smaller machines

1915-1932: from innovation and disappointment to innovation and success

1930-1935: Farmall becomes a big family

1934-1944: problems and successes continue

1940-1944: prewar innovation and production surges forward

1945-1954: as focus changes, vision for the future blurs

1955-1965: quality and performance lead to engineering renaissance

1965-1975: sales and marketing reassert their influence

1976-1999: the stumbling giant faces dissolution and accepts rescue

2000 and beyond: a new identity and the return of Farmall.