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- Man Harvesting Wheat Using a Ford-Ferguson Tractor with Combine Attached, Indiana, August 1940 - Ford Motor Company introduced the 9N tractor in 1939. It featured the "Ferguson System:" a 3-point hydraulic hitch-and-lift system invented by Irishman Harry Ferguson. Ferguson's revolutionary hitch kept agricultural implements, like the combine seen here, in line with the tractor. It also provided stability. By 1940, nearly 8 percent of tractors sold in the U.S. were 9Ns.
- August 05, 1940
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Man Harvesting Wheat Using a Ford-Ferguson Tractor with Combine Attached, Indiana, August 1940
Ford Motor Company introduced the 9N tractor in 1939. It featured the "Ferguson System:" a 3-point hydraulic hitch-and-lift system invented by Irishman Harry Ferguson. Ferguson's revolutionary hitch kept agricultural implements, like the combine seen here, in line with the tractor. It also provided stability. By 1940, nearly 8 percent of tractors sold in the U.S. were 9Ns.
- Ford-Ferguson Model 9N Tractor Pulling a Combine, Macon, Michigan, November 1939 - Henry Ford acquired thousands of acres of farmland in southeast Michigan, collectively known as the Ford Farms. Much of the Farms' acreage was dedicated to one of Ford's agricultural interests at that time: soybeans. This 1939 image shows a tractor-drawn combine harvesting soybeans in Macon, Michigan.
- November 01, 1939
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Ford-Ferguson Model 9N Tractor Pulling a Combine, Macon, Michigan, November 1939
Henry Ford acquired thousands of acres of farmland in southeast Michigan, collectively known as the Ford Farms. Much of the Farms' acreage was dedicated to one of Ford's agricultural interests at that time: soybeans. This 1939 image shows a tractor-drawn combine harvesting soybeans in Macon, Michigan.
- Ford Ferguson Tractor Pulling an Avery Combine, September 1940 - Ford Motor Company introduced the 9N tractor in 1939. It featured the "Ferguson System:" a 3-point hydraulic hitch-and-lift system invented by Irishman Harry Ferguson. Ferguson's revolutionary hitch kept agricultural implements, like the combine seen here, in line with the tractor. It also provided stability. By 1940, nearly 8 percent of tractors sold in the U.S. were 9Ns.
- September 06, 1940
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Ford Ferguson Tractor Pulling an Avery Combine, September 1940
Ford Motor Company introduced the 9N tractor in 1939. It featured the "Ferguson System:" a 3-point hydraulic hitch-and-lift system invented by Irishman Harry Ferguson. Ferguson's revolutionary hitch kept agricultural implements, like the combine seen here, in line with the tractor. It also provided stability. By 1940, nearly 8 percent of tractors sold in the U.S. were 9Ns.
- Letter from Elmer Grierson, Publisher of The American Boy, to Carroll R. Reed, March 1, 1940 - Ford Motor Company created the Ford Good Drivers League in 1940 to promote safe driving habits among high school students. Young drivers would compete in state and national championships, which included a driving test. Elmer Grierson, the publisher of <em>The American Boy</em> magazine, was among the organization's supporters. Grierson reached out to state school systems for advice on structuring the League's driving contests.
- March 01, 1940
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Letter from Elmer Grierson, Publisher of The American Boy, to Carroll R. Reed, March 1, 1940
Ford Motor Company created the Ford Good Drivers League in 1940 to promote safe driving habits among high school students. Young drivers would compete in state and national championships, which included a driving test. Elmer Grierson, the publisher of The American Boy magazine, was among the organization's supporters. Grierson reached out to state school systems for advice on structuring the League's driving contests.
- Man Driving a Ford-Ferguson Tractor with Ferguson Combine Attached, August 1940 - Ford Motor Company introduced the 9N tractor in 1939. It featured the "Ferguson System:" a 3-point hydraulic hitch-and-lift system invented by Irishman Harry Ferguson. Ferguson's revolutionary hitch kept agricultural implements, like the combine seen here, in line with the tractor. It also provided stability. By 1940, nearly 8 percent of tractors sold in the U.S. were 9Ns.
- August 05, 1940
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Man Driving a Ford-Ferguson Tractor with Ferguson Combine Attached, August 1940
Ford Motor Company introduced the 9N tractor in 1939. It featured the "Ferguson System:" a 3-point hydraulic hitch-and-lift system invented by Irishman Harry Ferguson. Ferguson's revolutionary hitch kept agricultural implements, like the combine seen here, in line with the tractor. It also provided stability. By 1940, nearly 8 percent of tractors sold in the U.S. were 9Ns.
- General Electric Toast-R-Stove, circa 1959 -
- circa 1959
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General Electric Toast-R-Stove, circa 1959
- Harvesting Wheat with Tractor and Combine, Belleville, Michigan, July 1936 - It took hundreds of years to perfect machinery that could combine the three major steps of harvesting grain: reaping, or cutting the crop; threshing to loosen the grain from the chaff; and disposing of the straw while retaining the grain. This image shows a tractor-drawn "combine" harvesting wheat in 1936. Around this time, manufacturers finally introduced labor-saving self-propelled combines.
- July 13, 1936
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Harvesting Wheat with Tractor and Combine, Belleville, Michigan, July 1936
It took hundreds of years to perfect machinery that could combine the three major steps of harvesting grain: reaping, or cutting the crop; threshing to loosen the grain from the chaff; and disposing of the straw while retaining the grain. This image shows a tractor-drawn "combine" harvesting wheat in 1936. Around this time, manufacturers finally introduced labor-saving self-propelled combines.
- Combines Harvesting Soybeans on Ford Farm, Macon, Michigan, November 1936 - Henry Ford acquired many thousands of acres of farmland in southeast Michigan, collectively known as the Ford Farms. As Ford's interest in soybeans expanded, much of the Farms' acreage was dedicated to soybeans. This 1936 image shows a team of combines, pulled by Fordson tractors, harvesting soybeans in Macon, Michigan.
- November 12, 1936
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Combines Harvesting Soybeans on Ford Farm, Macon, Michigan, November 1936
Henry Ford acquired many thousands of acres of farmland in southeast Michigan, collectively known as the Ford Farms. As Ford's interest in soybeans expanded, much of the Farms' acreage was dedicated to soybeans. This 1936 image shows a team of combines, pulled by Fordson tractors, harvesting soybeans in Macon, Michigan.
- Workers with Best Manufacturing Company Steam Tractor and Combine Harvester, circa 1896 - Some agricultural steam engines had to be hauled from farm to farm by teams of horses. Some - like the one pictured here - moved under their own power. This self-propelled traction engine hauls a combine harvester. The colossal duo aided farmers tremendously at harvest time--simultaneously cutting the crop, loosening the grain, and separating the grain from the chaff.
- circa 1896
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Workers with Best Manufacturing Company Steam Tractor and Combine Harvester, circa 1896
Some agricultural steam engines had to be hauled from farm to farm by teams of horses. Some - like the one pictured here - moved under their own power. This self-propelled traction engine hauls a combine harvester. The colossal duo aided farmers tremendously at harvest time--simultaneously cutting the crop, loosening the grain, and separating the grain from the chaff.
- Child with the Massey-Harris Model 20 Self-Propelled Combine in Henry Ford Museum, June 1977 - "Combines" combine the major tasks of grain harvest: cutting and gathering the crop, threshing and separating the kernels from the chaff, and disposing of the straw. The Massey-Harris Model 20, introduced in 1938, culminated over 100 years of mechanical improvements. One driver operated the self-propelled machine, which reduced the need for hired help during the labor shortages of World War II.
- June 06, 1977
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Child with the Massey-Harris Model 20 Self-Propelled Combine in Henry Ford Museum, June 1977
"Combines" combine the major tasks of grain harvest: cutting and gathering the crop, threshing and separating the kernels from the chaff, and disposing of the straw. The Massey-Harris Model 20, introduced in 1938, culminated over 100 years of mechanical improvements. One driver operated the self-propelled machine, which reduced the need for hired help during the labor shortages of World War II.