American Farm Tractor & Implement Dealerships

This amazing photographic history covers farm tractor dealerships from their beginnings to today, featuring vintage photos of showroom floors, building exteriors, service areas, and parts departments. Illustrations of floor plans are also included, as well as marketing and promotional items the businesses used, such as newspaper ads, giveaways and more. This nostalgic look at the fascinating industry will appeal to tractor and farm machinery enthusiasts, and anyone interested in the activities of the farm implement business.Farm equipment dealers have been supplying the needs of farmers, and through them the nourishment needs of the world, for well over a century. This well-researched reference documents the evolution of these dealerships and their equipment, through the personal accounts of many dealership owners and managers, as well as parts persons, servicemen, salesmen, and customers.·Rukes, Brian is the author of 'American Farm Tractor & Implement Dealerships ', published 2004 under ISBN 9780873498562 and ISBN 0873498569.