Machines that made history FERGUSON 40
ne of the most important deals in tractor history came in 1953 when the Massey-Harris company bought Harry Ferguson’s tractor business. For public relations reasons, both sides described the deal as a merger, but it was actually a takeover with Canada’s biggest farm equipment manufacturer buying the immensely successful British-based Ferguson tractor company. Massey-Harris already offered a comprehensive equipment range and was firmly established as the world’s leading manufacturer of harvesting machinery. Buying Harry Ferguson’s advanced tractor technology not only made good commercial sense but also brought some problems, and one of them was the need to retain both the Ferguson and
