Before you go swapping the battery posts around, what did the Amp meter do? If it was charging and the needle moved to the right, the tractor was converted to negative ground. Leave it alone.
Actually, leave it alone with that respect period. Positive vs. negative ground is NOT why your tractor won't start.
What you probably have is dirty connections and/or bad battery cables. Clean bright tight, those are the words to live by. If you've got rusty connections, gray crud growing around the connections, and/or green wires in the cable, that's your problem. Take it all apart, even the part where the replacement battery ends clamp on to the cables. Use a battery post cleaning tool and some battery terminal cleaner to clean up the battery and clamps on that end. Use a wire wheel to clean the cruft and corruption off the connections at the starter button, starter, and ground lug.
If the cable inside the replacement battery end is green and nasty, clip off the stripped end, and strip a clean piece of cable for the connection. If the cable is green under the insulation, replace the cable.
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