The Massey Harris Co
The Massey-Harris Company
of Toronto, Ontario, was formed in 1891 by the merger of the Massey Manufacturing
Company of Toronto and A. Harris, Son & Company of Brantford, Ontario. The new firm wisely left the infant
tractor business to others and did not become seriously involved until World War I, and then only with other
firms' designs—first the Bull tractor, and then the
Parrott from the Parrett Tractor Cornpany of Chicago,
Illinois.
In 1928, Massey bought the J. I. Case Plow Works of Racine, Wisconsin, acquiring the Wallis tractor in the process. Jerome Increase Case founded both the Case Plow Works and the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company, which made Case tractors, but the two firms had no other corporate link until they were united in 1929 minus the Wallis interests. The advanced Wallis tractors had been sold by M-H since 1927, and now became the basis for a new range, which also came to include a trend-setting 15/22 General Purpose tractor
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Massey-Harris No. 1 - MH1
In 1915,
Massey began
importing the
Little Bull
Tractor. The
Bull Tractor
Company of
Minneapolis was
one of the first
to produce a
tractor aimed at
the
small-acreage
farmer. by 1917
.Just as
Massey's tractor
contract began,
trouble
surfaced, Bull
lost its
manufacturer.
Since Bull had
no factory of
its own, Massey
was without a
tractor.
1928 Wallis
Tractor
The unit-frame Wallis joined the Massey-Harris lineup in 1928. |
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Massey-Harris No.
2 - MH2
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Massey Harris
learn from it's
experience,
choosing this
time to
manufacture
tractors for
itself, under
license. Dent Parrett
designed a
tractor that he
introduced in
1913.
Prototypes,
powered by Buda
engines, were well
received. It was
his 12-25 that
Massey produced
in
Canada. Massey-Harris
modified Parrett's next
tractor. But
Henry Ford's
Fordson was
available in Canada
and it was
advanced over
even Massey's
new MH-3; price
wars with
International
Harvester in
1922 soon put
Parrett out of
business in the
United States.
The Wallis
Tractor Company
The Wallis
Tractor Company
of Racine, Wi,
pioneered unit
construction in
tractors. Wallis
patented their
one-piece curved
boilerplate
frame for the
Wallis Cub in
1913.The
advantages of a
one-piece frame,
as Henry Ford
also realized,
was in material
savings and in
the permanent
alignment of all
shafts and
bearings in the
engine and
transmission.
The Wallis
tractor was
popular in the
1920s and became
the basis for
the
subsequent
Massey-Harris
tractor after
Canada's
Massey-Harris
bought out
Wallis in 1928. |
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National Tractor
Demonstrations
1914 Wallis Cub
Tractor
Brochure
Traveling by
rail through the
country this
vintage tractor
ad boosts of the
Wallis Cub's
accomplishments
some examples
Cedar Rapids:
The "Cub" shatters all it's previous records by breaking one and one half
acres in the phenomenal time of 33 minutes
Dallas:
Finished
first on opening
day no sign of
heat with the
field
thermometer
registering over
125 degrees on
the field. |
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Massey Harris Buyers guide |
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Massey Harris Pacer |
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Massey Harris Pacer
The Pacer was an improved model over the Pony, and although they looked the same, the pacer had a padded seat, hydralic. lift and the frame was a bit longer. It had a 91 cu. in. engine, while the Pony a 62 cu. in. engine.
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Ferguson 9N |
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Ford Ferguson 9N
The first Ford 9N tractor was built in 1939. It used the company's own four-cylinder engine, which carried a 3-3/16 x 3-3/4-inch bore and stroke. The unique feature of the 9N tractor was the fact that it was equipped with a unique three-point-hitch system. |
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Massey Harris
Wallis Tractors |
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1928
The Massey-Harris Co,
took over the J.I. Case Plow Works of Racine, Wis. Operation of the newly purchased
plant was continued. The acquisition of the Case business gave the Massey-Harris Co. a well-known line of farm implements including
the Wallis tractor. By agreement between the Massey-Harris Co. and the J.I. Case Threshing Machine Co., Racine, Wis., the latter
acquired the exclusive right to use the names "Case" and "J.I. Case" on farm equipment.
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Massey Harris 22 |
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Massey Harris 22
Massey's 2 plow tractor offered in standard or row crop configurations
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Massey Harris 55 |
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Massey Harris 55
When Massey Harris released the M-H 55 in 1946 it was the biggest wheel tractor on the market. The tractor delivered nearly 60 horse power.. options included the choice of Gasoline or Diesel however in the nine years of production it was only offered in standard tread form.
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