You seem to be hard on Harry Ferguson, Harry was very successful before he ever got involved with David Brown, Harry made attachments for a Ford Model T to hook a plow up as a three point hitch so the front end will not raise up and cause tractors to tip over as they could do with a pull type plow hit a rock or just hard ground, He made many other mechanical tillage tools. He built his first tractor as a demonstration of his three point hitch called the Ferguson Black. He did not want to become a tractor manufacturer so he then had an agreement with David Brown to build the tractor called the Ferguson Brown, David brown made changes to the tractor that Harry did not like. Sherman brothers were builders of gears and transmissions they introduced Harry to Henry Ford, and the and shake agreement Henry's son decided to make the tractors himself to cut Harry out of the deal. Harry sued Ford and won the lawsuit. Harry had the Ferguson built to compete with the Ford, When he was dealing with the Massey-Harris company to buy his company they were 1 million dollars apart on the price so Harry said to flip a coin, which they did and Harry lost a million dollars. He went on to build race cars and airplanes after he sold his tractor company
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Today's Featured Article - Grain Threshing in the Early 40's - by Jerry D. Coleman. How many of you can sit there and say that you have plowed with a mule? Well I would say not many, but maybe a few. This story is about the day my Grandfather Brown (true name) decided along with my parents to purchase a new Ford tractor. It wasn't really new except to us. The year was about 1967 and my father found a good used Ford 601 tractor to use on the farm instead of "Bob", our old mule. Now my grandfather had had this mule since the mid 40's and he was getting some age on him. S
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