FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   Barton Kurt D 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 03/06/2017 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol TRACTOR SUPPLY CO /DE/ [TSCO] (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY, 5401 VIRGINIA WAY 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) SVP Chief Financial Officer 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) BRENTWOOD, TN 37027 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common stock 19,221 (1) D   Common stock 2,482 I Stock Purchase Plan

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Employee stock option	  (2)	02/02/2021	Common stock	3,066	$ 25.8475	D	Â
Employee stock option	  (3)	02/08/2022	Common stock	9,236	$ 42.54	D	Â
Employee stock option	  (4)	02/07/2023	Common stock	10,530	$ 51.495	D	Â
Employee stock option	  (5)	02/05/2024	Common stock	10,085	$ 63.55	D	Â
Employee stock option	  (6)	02/04/2025	Common stock	7,921	$ 83.11	D	Â
Employee stock option	  (7)	02/03/2026	Common stock	12,500	$ 86.08	D	Â
Employee stock option	  (8)	02/08/2027	Common stock	51,712	$ 73.18	D	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Barton Kurt D C/O TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY 5401 VIRGINIA WAY BRENTWOOD, TN 37027	Â	Â	  SVP Chief Financial Officer	Â

Signatures

/s/ Kurt D. Barton		03/14/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Includes 6,822 shares that were acquired pursuant to grants of restricted stock units (RSUs) under the Tractor Supply Company 2009 Stock Incentive Plan. Each RSU entitles the reporting person to receive one share of common stock. The RSUs vest on the third anniversary of the grant date.
(2)	Granted pursuant to the 2009 Stock Incentive Plan. In general, the shares subject to this option vested and became exercisable as follows: 33 1/3% on February 2, 2012, 33 1/3% on Feburary 2, 2013 and 33 1/3% on February 2, 2014. 100% of the option is vested.
(3)	Granted pursuant to the 2009 Stock Incentive Plan. In general, the shares subject to this option vested and became exercisable as follows: 33 1/3% on February 8, 2013, 33 1/3% on February 8, 2014, and 33 1/3% on February 8, 2015. 100% of the option is vested.
(4)	Granted pursuant to the 2009 Stock Incentive Plan. In general, the shares subject to this option vested and became exercisable as follows: 33 1/3% on February 7, 2014, 33 1/3% on February 7, 2015, and 33 1/3% on February 7, 2016. 100% of the option is vested.
(5)	Granted pursuant to the 2009 Stock Incentive Plan. In general, the shares subject to this option vested and became exercisable as follows: 33 1/3% on February 5, 2015, 33 1/3% on February 5, 2016, and 33 1/3% on February 5, 2017. 100% of the option is vested.
(6)	Granted pursuant to the 2009 Stock Incentive Plan. In general, the shares subject to this option vest and become exercisable as follows: 33 1/3% on February 4, 2016, 33 1/3% on February 4, 2017, and 33 1/3% on February 4, 2018. 66.6% of the option is vested.
(7)	Granted pursuant to the 2009 Stock Incentive Plan. In general, the shares subject to this option vest and become exercisable as follows: 33 1/3% on February 3, 2017, 33 1/3% on February 3, 2018, and 33 1/3% on February 3, 2019. 33.3% of the option is vested.
(8)	Granted pursuant to the 2009 Stock Incentive Plan. In general, the shares subject to this option vest and become exercisable as follows: 33 1/3% on February 8, 2018, 33 1/3% on February 8, 2019 and 33 1/3% on February 8, 2020. 0% of the option is vested.

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