MASSEY FERGUSON HIGHLIGHTS

COMBINE REAPER & MOWER (1862)

1847- Daniel Massey opens machine shop.

1874- Massey Manufacturing Company purchases the patent rights to the Sharp’s Sel-Dumping Wheel-Rake and proceeds to manufacture and sell over 250, 000 units.

1889- Massey’s Toronto Light Binder easily wins the gold medal and special trophy at the Paris Universal Exposition.

1891- Merger of the Massey Company and A. Harris Son & Company, the two most successful ag. companies in Canada, to form Massey-Harris.

1900- First stripper-harvester introduced, forerunner to today’s stripper header.

M-H No.1 TRACTOR ( 1918)

1910- First reaper-tresher introduced. 

1920s- Harry Ferguson perfects the Ferguson System of integrating the tractor and implement.

1930- First 4-wheel drive tractor introduced.

HENRY FORD  & HARRY FERGUSON (1938)

1938- Henry Ford begins manufacturing Ford-Ferguson tractors.

M-H 101 Tractor (1938)

WW II- Massey-Harris manufacturers wings for Mosquito bombers, Stuart tanks, and naval gun mounts and organizes "The Harvest Brigade."

1947- After 300,000 tractors are produced the Ford/Ferguson partnership ends

MH 21 Combine (1941)

1953- Massey-Harris-Ferguson Company formed.

Company name shortened to Massey Ferguson. 1958- Sir Edmund Hillary uses Ferguson tractors on overland expedition to the South Pole.

MF 760 Combine (1972)

1962- Sells more tractors in the Western World than any other brand, a record achieved every year since.

1993- AGCO acquires North America distribution rights to Massey Ferguson products.

1994- AGCO acquires Massey Ferguson Group Limited.

1996- MF 6100 and MF 8100 tractors win prestigious OEM and AE50 awards.