The Massey Harris Co
The Massey-Harris
Tractors
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 Company 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
as a retagged Massey-Harris tractor 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
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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 Pony and Pacer Farm Tractors
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Brought out in 1948, the Pony was planned to contend with the John Deere Model L, Allis-Chalmers B and C, and Farmall A and
Cub. These small baby farm tractors were popular for truck gardens and around estates, golf courses, and small farms,
where they did chores too light for the large tractors. Although they were small tractors, they were serious machines,
built tough for farm jobs such as belt work, hay raking. The Pony came equipped with a three-speed gearbox and
Continental four-cylinder L-head engine of 62 ci (1,016 cc), giving it 11 PTO hp. |
Massey Harris Pony and Pacer
Model Variations |
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1948-1954 |
| Massey-Harris Pacer |
1954-1957 |
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The
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Farming Tractors |
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The 1913 Bull Tractor
When the Bull tractor came onto the market in 1913 it was an instant
hit. Here was the first successful small
farm tractor to be offered,
and farmers bought them by the thousands. Old-timers in the farm tractor
business found that farmers were far more interested in the small Bull
than in their heavyweight
farm tractors
and within the year, virtually
every manufacturer, and those aspiring to be so, were attempting to
build a "small" tractor.
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Massey Harris Pacer |
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Massey Harris Pacer
The Massey Harris
Pacer was an improved model over the Pony, and although they looked the same, the pacer had a padded seat,
hydraulic 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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FORD
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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