Ferguson : a farming revolution / Tim Bolton.
Inventor Harry Ferguson changed the face of farming forever when he came up with a simple three-point linkage for tractors and patented it in 1926 - enabling farming vehicles to carry and operate implements and attachments directly rather than towing them like a trailer. His company grew and in 1946...
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| Language: | English |
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Horncastle :
Banovallum,
2021.
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| Physical Description: | 114 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
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Ferguson : a farming revolution : how one man's inventions changed agriculture - forever [Cover title] |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 The Early Years: Motorcycles, Cars and Aircraft
- ch. 2 The Government Calls
- ch. 3 Ploughs and Tractors
- ch. 4 From Black Days to the Black Tractor
- ch. 5 Into Production: Ferguson Model A
- ch. 6 Another Beginning: Ford and Ferguson
- ch. 7 Difficult Times
- ch. 8 Ferguson Tractor Building in England
- ch. 9 Tractor England
- ch. 10 Ferguson Tractors Overseas
- ch. 11 Ferguson Conversions
- ch. 12 To Diesel with Reluctance
- ch. 13 The Ferguson System
- ch. 14 Other Implements and Accessories
- ch. 15 Bigger is Better?
- ch. 16 Merger
- ch. 17 Across the Ice
- ch. 18 Ferguson in Miniature
- ch. 19 The Legacy.