I. Steam Power Comes to the Farm

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Contents XI
4. I. Steam Power Comes to the Farm 1
5. II. The Portable Agricultural Steam Engine 15
6. III. Portable Steam Engines Used for Threshing Purposes 45
7. IV. Self-Propelled Agricultural Steam Engines 60
8. V. The Steam-Engine Boom, 1885–1912 82
9. VI. The Heyday of Steam Power on the Farm 108
10. VII. Distribution, Financing, and Sale of Steam Traction Engines 155
11. VIII. Threshermen’s Organizations and Schools 188
12. IX. The Development of the Tractor and the Decline of Steam Power 200
13. Notes 215
14. Appendix 251
15. Bibliography 259
16. Index 279