There came in the post one day a letter from David Lory in Wisconsin listing no less than 44 implements of his, the majority Ferguson, either manufactured in or exported to the United States. It reminds one that by mid 1947, when the arrangement with Ford came to an end, Harry Ferguson Inc had built up subcontracting arrangements with more than 100 American companies manufacturing within their combined inventories about 160 Ferguson implements and appliances. May we hope our American members have their tabs on most of them! Here in the UK the situation was that by mid 1948 Harry Ferguson had sub-contracting arrangements with more than 20 British firms, the more important being these:
We are extracting David Lory’s collection of American implements into this section. It is not known how many of them are in the TO 20 range and David is being invited to tell us more about them. A few close-up photographs would be of great interest, as would explanations of some of the less obvious. What, for example, is a DO-21 Middle Buster?
S-BO-41 – Spike Tooth Harrow, #2242
DO-21 – Lister Corn Planter, #2424
1-ABO-22 – Tandem Disc, #1147
DEO-20 – Rake, #?
FEO-20 – Mower, #22211
MKO-21 – Weeder, #28144
SKO-20 – Spring Tooth Cultivator, #66518
T-JO-20 – Transport Box, #15378
B-JO-A-20 – Earth Scraper, #1950
A-JO-20 – Manure Spreader, #4679
B-FO-A 21 – Blade, #15803
W-JO-20 – Wagon #1240
L-UO-20 – Loader, #9730
IT-TO-20 – Tractor Jack, #54562
B-TTA-21 – Bombardier Tracks #7721
A-JO-60 – Three Point Spreader Lift Hitch
9-BO-20 – Tiller, #40434
NKO-21 – Rigid Tine Cultivator, #108008
AFO-20 – Disc Terracer, #4074
ALO-19 – Cordwood Saw, #21297
ATO-748 – Belt Pulley
14-AO-28 – Plow, 2 Bottom, #78585
D-137-D – Demster Grain Drill, #54757
RKO-20 – Rotary Hoe, #1231
#72 – MHF 3 Bottom Plow, #1649
14-AO-40 2 Bottom Slat Plow, #
DO-41-B Lister Corn Planter, #81394
DPO-A21 Corn Planter, #7059, Fert. At!.
ARO-B-60, #6556 – Early 1 Bottom Plow no tag
JO – Dump wagon, #1813
BFO-20 – Blade Terracer (early type), #20033
P-AO-22 – 2 Bottom Disc Plow, #5127
P-AO-21 – 3 Bottom Disc Plow, #18736
E – Belle City Corn Picker, #17508
16 AO-28 – 1 Bottom Plow, #11032
12-B – 2 Bottom Plow, #6532
F-12 – Baler, #3897
K-BO-A-31 – 3 Section Spring Tooth Harrow, #4272
K-BO-A-21 2 Section Spring Tooth Harrow, #3119
DO-21 – Middle Buster, #33101
LKO-20 – Lister Cultivator, #4308
C-UO-21 – Crain, #2449
6-PEO-21 – Hay Mower, #5530
7A-BO-21 – Tandem Disc, #73978
50A-BO-21 – Single Disc, #78694
Overseas members are invited to list and illustrate implements particular to their part of the world and which were made either by Ferguson or to work with Ferguson tractors.
Published in Journal No. 23 Winter 1995/96
