The range of manufacturers is surprisingly wide, including: Case, Claas, Deutz-Fahr, International Harvester, John Deere, Laverda, Massey Ferguson, New Holland, Ransomes, Sampo and Wintersteiger. Some of the manufacturers have several models shown, with Claas particularly well represented. Each of the photographs has a full right-hand page. Opposite it is a concise text that describes the model's attributes and gives details of its range. The author describes the company ownership as well as country of assembly or manufacture. Cut-away diagrams showing the layouts of the three main combine types supported by a glossary of technical terms make this the ideal book for a novice enthusiast.

Is your company a storyteller--or a storydoer? The old way to market a business was storytelling. But in today's world, simply communicating your brand's story in the hope that customers will listen is no longer enough. Instead, your authentic brand must be evident in every action the organization undertakes. Today's most successful businesses are storydoers. These companies create products and services that, from the very beginning, are manifestations of an authentic and meaningful story--one told primarily through action, not advertising. In True Story, creative executive Ty Montague argues that any business, regardless of size or industry, can embrace the principles of storydoing. Indeed, our best-run companies--from small start-ups to global conglomerates--organize around a coherent narrative that is then broadcast through every action they take (from product design to customer service to marketing). Montague shows why storydoing firms are nimble, more adaptive to change, and more efficiently run businesses. Montague is a founder of the growth consultancy co: collective and the former president and CCO of J. Walter Thompson, the largest advertising agency in North America. He brings his depth of creative business experience to the book and provides a clear framework and proven process for bringing you and your customers together in the creation of your brand story. Montague introduces five critical elements--what he calls the "the four truths and the action map"--that are the foundation of storydoing: - the participants (your customers, partners, and employees) - the protagonist (your company today) - the stage (the world around your business) - the quest (your driving ambition and contribution to the world) - your action map (the actions that will make your story real for participants) The book is filled with examples of how forward-thinking organizations--including Red Bull, Shaklee, Grind, TOMS Shoes, and News Corporation--are effectively using storydoing to transform their organizations and drive extraordinary results.

"When Kent Meyers's father died of a stroke, there was corn to plant, cattle to feed, and a farm to maintain. In a fresh and vibrant voice, Meyers recounts the wake of his father's death and reflects on families, farms, and rural life in the Midwest"--Cover.

There's a mystery on Merriweather Farm, and you can help solve it. Why are the hay bales torn apart? Where did all the food go? And why is garbage strewn everywhere? Corey Combine and his friends on Merriweather Farm are on the case to find out who is making such a great big mess. As a bonus, young readers can play with the added-value stickers of the characters and animals on Merriweather Farm.

The first axial flow combine transformedthe industry and was hailed as the mostsignificant piece of farm equipment builtin the 20th century. The axial flow usedadvanced technology to process crops fasterand more efficiently than anything else onthe market.The axial flow started with researchdone by a rogue Swedish engineer in the1950s, was continued in secret by a group ofdedicated engineers from East Moline, Illinois,who did their work in a top-secret garage thatonly a select few were allowed to enter.The book tells the story of how extensiveresearch and development allowed IH to builda new machine that took the market by storm.Done with dozens of interviews ofengineers, salespeople, and customers, thebook captures the behind the scenes dramaand the cloak and dagger encounters withrival companies personnel and machines.The dramatic text is accompanied by morethan 300 archival images, concept drawings,sketches, and new photogrpahy of themachines and men at work today.

The complete illustrated story of the combine harvester. Accompanied by a wide variety of new colour photographs, this book will appeal to farm machinery enthusiasts and those interested in the development of modern industrial machinery.

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