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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.
- 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.
- 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 9N Tractor Plowing and Mowing, October 9, 1940 -
- October 09, 1940
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Ford-Ferguson 9N Tractor Plowing and Mowing, October 9, 1940
- Ford-Ferguson 9N Tractor and Potato Digging Machine, October 18, 1940 - Ford Motor Company lost money on every Ford-Ferguson tractor it sold. Yet, its affordable price tag appealed to cash-strapped farmers in 1939 when the tractor entered the market. It became an indispensable tool on smaller farms, including those raising specialty crops such as potatoes. The 9N reduced the physical strain on farmers' backs without adding too much to their burden of debt.
- October 18, 1940
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Ford-Ferguson 9N Tractor and Potato Digging Machine, October 18, 1940
Ford Motor Company lost money on every Ford-Ferguson tractor it sold. Yet, its affordable price tag appealed to cash-strapped farmers in 1939 when the tractor entered the market. It became an indispensable tool on smaller farms, including those raising specialty crops such as potatoes. The 9N reduced the physical strain on farmers' backs without adding too much to their burden of debt.
- 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.
- Ford-Ferguson 9N Tractor Discing a Field, September 9, 1940 -
- September 09, 1940
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Ford-Ferguson 9N Tractor Discing a Field, September 9, 1940
- Detroit Golf Club Property Owners Association's Ford-Ferguson 9N Tractor Brushing Snow from Sidewalks, December 5, 1940 -
- December 05, 1940
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Detroit Golf Club Property Owners Association's Ford-Ferguson 9N Tractor Brushing Snow from Sidewalks, December 5, 1940
- Picking Corn with Ford-Ferguson 9N Tractor, October 18, 1940 -
- October 18, 1940
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Picking Corn with Ford-Ferguson 9N Tractor, October 18, 1940
- Man Driving a Ford-Ferguson Tractor with 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
- Collections - Artifact
Man Driving a Ford-Ferguson Tractor with 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.
- Men Chopping Sillage with a Ford-Ferguson 9N Tractor, January 16, 1941 -
- January 16, 1941
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Men Chopping Sillage with a Ford-Ferguson 9N Tractor, January 16, 1941