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	Ferguson Man Machine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In 1919 Harry Ferguson was employed by the Irish Board of Agriculture, to improve the efficiency of farm tractor use in Ireland in a bid to improve valuable food production for the country.
		Harry Ferguson decided that this could be adapted to fit A tractor design he had in mind, but in order to get production started engines had to be obtained from elsewhere.
		Harry Ferguson was initially against a low cost fuel variant, but as the home market gradually opened up it became necessary to add the TED-20 to the range.
	users.netlink.com.au /~fergy/manmachine.html (1790 words)

	Harry Ferguson - The man and his story - The man and his system
		Harry Ferguson (1884-1960) was the son of an Irish farmer.
		As for Harry Ferguson, his patents were his most important contibution.
		Through the Harry Ferguson Inc. entreprise, he sold tractors and parts of equipements, among which several were produced by the Ferguson-Sherman Inc. entreprise.
	www.geocities.com /MotorCity/Downs/9828/fergy_01e.htm (634 words)

	Untitled Document
		Harry Ferguson, born in 1884, started experimenting with tractors and plows in his early years.
		Harry is an important person in tractor history, being the inventor of the 3-point hitch.
		Ferguson sued the Ford Motor Co. and eventually won a settlement.
	www.fergiesfriend.supanet.com /harry.htm (163 words)

	Articles - Harry Ferguson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Henry George (Harry) Ferguson (1884-1960) was born at Growell, near Dromore, County Down in Northern Ireland, and was the son of an Irish farmer.
		Ferguson's reaction was a law suit demanding $340,000,000.
		The disagreement was settled by Ferguson in April of 1952.
	www.motionize.com /articles/Harry_Ferguson (205 words)

	Ford-Ferguson Tractors during the 1940s
		Ferguson was an Irish inventor who had been forced by catastrophe to come up with a better way of attaching implements to his tractor.
		Ferguson came up with the idea of mounting the plow both low on the drawbar and up higher in a triangle arrangement.
		By 1953, Harry Ferguson was aging and suffering from bouts of depression.
	www.livinghistoryfarm.org /farminginthe40s/machines_0204.html (606 words)

	University of Ulster - Faculty of Engineering
		Harry Ferguson is internationally recognised as one of the greatest inventors and innovators of the 20th century.
		One of Ferguson’s greatest innovations was in the 1920s with the development of the three-point linkage system which attached a plough (and other implements) to the tractor such as to result in both forming a single functional unit.
		Harry Ferguson was born in Dromore Co.Down in 1884.
	www.engj.ulst.ac.uk /engvillage/harryferguson.htm (234 words)

	Famous Irish Lives - Harry Ferguson
		Ferguson was born at Growell, near Hillsborough, Co Down, on 4 November l884.
		The pilot, Harry Ferguson, had constructed the aeroplane from plans in a magazine and he made the first flight in the country at Hillsborough, Co. Down, on 31st December 1909.
		In 1938, Ferguson and Ford reached a 'gentlemen's agreement' by which the American could manufacture tractors for Ferguson to sell, and the deal was sealed only by a handshake.
	www.irelandseye.com /aarticles/history/people/whoswho/ferguson.shtm (415 words)

	Ferguson Story
		As for Harry Ferguson, his patents were his most important contribution.
		Through the Harry Ferguson Inc. enterprise, he sold tractors and parts of equipments, among which several were produced by the Ferguson-Sherman Inc. enterprise.
		The moment Ford Motor Co. started to sell it's tractor, model 8N, Harry Ferguson riposted first, in pursuing Ford Motors Co. and associates for an amount of $340,000,000 second, in negotiating with Standard Motors Co. for them to produce his tractor, model TE20 (Tractor England).
	www.friendsofmassey.com /Ferguson_Story.htm (427 words)

	Ferguson Society
		But to Harry Ferguson their greatest drawback was that most implements were simply trailed behind, working against rather than with the tractor, separate rather than integrated as a single unit.
		The Ferguson two point hitch, or Ferguson Duplex hitch was not ideal for the wide variety of different implements Harry Ferguson always had in mind, mainly due to it’s lack of torsional stability and slightly adverse steering characteristics.
		The Ferguson virtual hitch-point principle was applied to the two new double lower links by arranging for their line of pull to converge at or near the centre of the front axle.
	www.fergusonsociety.co.uk (5313 words)

	Harry Ferguson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Harry Ferguson didn't invent the tractor, but he dramatically changed its design, and the way it is used with accessories.
		Harry was born at Growell, near Hillsborough, in Co. Down, in 1884, the fourth son in a family of eleven.
		A full-scale replica of Harry's aeroplane, and an early tractor and plough, are on display at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum at Cultra, Co, Down.
	members.aol.com /greyfergi/harry.html (540 words)

	Tractor Trouble (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Harry Ferguson, the son of an Irish farmer, was born in Belfast in 1884.
		Harry's main contribution to tractor development was the invention of a hydraulically controlled 3-point hitching system for implements drawn behind the tractor.
		Click here to see the Ferguson Brown Type A. Harry Ferguson met with Henry Ford in 1938 and, over a handshake, it was agreed that the 3-point hitch would be installed on the Ford tractors being built at that time.
	www.iol.ie /~manister/tractortrouble/history2.html (194 words)

	Tribuneindia... The fact File
		ARRY Ferguson, known for building one of the first successful tractors, was born on a Couty Down farm in Northern Ireland in 1884.
		Ferguson designed a plough that could be easily and firmly attached to the most popular tractor of the times — Henry Ford’s Fordson.
		Harry Ferguson was shattered but, fortunately, he had a tie-up with Standard Motors.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99jul03/saturday/fact.htm (1044 words)

	Ferguson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ferguson Research Ltd. Racing car constructor and 4WD transmission systems supplier.
		Massey-Ferguson the merger of Ferguson and Massey companies.
		Sarah Ferguson - the Duchess of York, aka "Fergie"
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ferguson (163 words)

	9N FORD The Antique Ford Tractor Site, 8n, 2n, 9n, ford, tractors,fordson, antique, dearborn, ferguson, john deer. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Henry Ford and Harry Ferguson, which was sealed with only a handshake, has been told so many times by so many people that no one is exactly sure how it happened.
		Called the "Ferguson System", this three-point hitch was put together using a combination of linkage (three different linkage points, two on bottom and one on top) and hydraulics.
		Harry went on to produce the 8N look-alike TO-20 and TO-30 A completely new line of implements (Dearborn) was introduced.
	www192.pair.com /mud3/9nford (671 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Harry, the firstborn of Hiram and Sarah FERGUSON, was born July 23, 1868, in Saybrook, McLean County, Illinois.
		Harry was forced to retire at an early year by cancer and lived with his son William, in Mulvane, until his death on February 28, 1933.
		Harry was the president of the Quad-County Old Settler's Association twice (what later became the Mulvane Old Settler's Celebration).
	skyways.lib.ks.us /kansas/kansas/genweb/sumner/HarryFergusonBio.htm (483 words)

	Aspect Ireland - Harry Ferguson
		The machine is over 50 years old and is one of many of its kind still working throughout the western world as active tributes to the inventor, Harry Ferguson, whose ambition was to raise the world's living standards through the modernising of agriculture.
		Ferguson was born into a farming family near Hillsborough in County Down in 1884.
		Ferguson established his own motor business in 1911 and during World War I, when food production became a most vital issue, he designed a unitary tractor/ plough combination which was an immediate success.
	home.freeuk.net /aquinas/ferguson.htm (345 words)

	Harry Ferguson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Harry Ferguson was founder of what was to become a worldwide tractor empire.
		Ferguson sued Ford and won $9.25m compensation in 1952, and he returned to Britain and came to Coventry, making Banner Lane his centre of tractor production in 1946.
		Ferguson meanwhile worked hard to develop a four-wheel drive system to maximise road holding and minimise skidding, but failed to make a commercial breakthrough.
	www192.pair.com /mud3/9nford/harryferguson.htm (529 words)

	Mid Shropshire Vintage Club - Vintage & Classic Cars Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Harry Ferguson's prototype was completed in 1933 and carried the Ferguson logo on the radiator.
		Harry Ferguson was a small Irish man from a farming family in County Down, Northern Ireland, who revolutionised the agricultural tractor and its implements.
		Ford continued to produce a Ferguson type tractor naming it the 8N; this was ruinous to the American Ferguson distribution organisation, as it did not have a tractor to sell.
	www.msvintageclub.org.uk /events-show-ferg.html (793 words)

	measuringstickp6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Ferguson had a higher share of the two-plow market in the US and high market penetration in Europe and Harry Ferguson's name was identified with technological development.
		Harry Ferguson and negotiators were driving to a demonstration when Harry Ferguson produced a half-crown coin and suggested they should toss the coin for the million dollars.
		To provide the Ferguson dealers with a more competitive tractor, the TO-35 was introduced January 55, one year earlier than planned, of which Harry Ferguson had opposed.
	www.massey-harris.com /measuringstickp6.html (1945 words)

	Henry George (Harry) Ferguson - Engineer & Inventor
		Ferguson was born on his family's farm at Growell, near Dromore, County Down.
		In 1914 he began to sell American tractors but, finding them heavy and dangerous to operate, he designed and built a new plough which was coupled to the tractor in three-point linkage, so that both formed a single unit.
		Ferguson went on to design a light-weight tractor, the TC-20, or "Wee Fergie", which was assembled by Standard Motor Company of Coventry; about half a million of these were made.
	www.ulsterhistory.co.uk /harryferguson.htm (346 words)

	Brief Ferguson history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		By the mid thirties Harry Ferguson was producing a tractor with a mounted plow using a David Brown chassis.
		The idea behind the Ferguson system was that the weight of the plowing was transferred to the rear wheels increasing traction.
		In late 1938 Harry Ferguson demonstrated one of the David Brown tractors to Henry Ford.
	www.oldengine.org /members/ferguson/Ferguson_history.htm (540 words)

	Harry Ferguson Family Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Ferguson Family Museum celebrates the life of tractor pioneer Harry Ferguson.
		Location: The museum is located alongside the working farmyard of Harry Ferguson Farms Ltd at Kings Manor, Freshwater, Isle of Wight.
		The surrounding countryside is some of the finest in the country and the museum is only a short walk for yachtsman visiting Yarmouth Harbour as well as being close to the well-known Red Lion Pub.
	www.ferguson-museum.co.uk (206 words)

	Harry Ferguson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Ferguson was born at Growelle, near Dromore, Co Down, on the family farm.
		Harry Ferguson promoted the interests of the motor cycle and car racing fraternity.
		He was instrumental in having the Road Races Act passed by Stormont in 1992 which led to the first Ulster Grant Prix; and in lobbying the R.A.C. to organise the Tourist Trophy Races which took place between 1928 and 1936.
	www.belfastcity.gov.uk /heritage/news/HarryFerguson.asp (282 words)

	Restoration Supply Ferguson Tractor Parts
		Please check the serial number of your Ferguson tractor before ordering, many Ferguson tractor models look the same but may have either a Continental, British Standard, or Perkins engine, it is important to identify which model Ferguson tractor you are ordering parts for and to verify the make of the engine in your Ferguson tractor.
		Also be aware that Ferguson tractors used both Delco electrical components for Ferguson tractors that were sold new in the USA and Ferguson tractors that were sold new in Canada and Europe used Lucas electrical components.
		The Ferguson tractors featured in this section should not be confused with the earlier Ford-Ferguson tractors; these tractors called the 9N and 2N are listed in our Ford Tractor section and are easily identified by their flat head engine (spark plugs stick straight up from the top of the engine).
	www.tractorpart.com /ferguson.htm (254 words)

	Ferguson5
		Harry Potter is a wizard boy created by J.K. Rowling, a British author, who created the world of Hogwarts and the wizarding world that exists behind the Muggle (those with no magic ability) world.
		The Harry Potter series began with the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Sorcerer’s Stone if one happens to be an American reader), in which we meet young Harry who is miserable at his aunt and uncle’s house near London.
		Harry ended up in their care when the evil Lord Voldemort (“He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named” in the books) killed both of Harry’s parents when Harry himself was just an infant.
	www.kennesaw.edu /themagazine/Ferguson5.htm (2313 words)

	Massey Ferguson tractors and farm tractors
		The Massey Ferguson tractors that eventually became the largest tractor company in the world arose out of the merger of three agricultural companies over the course of several decades: Massey, Harris, and Ferguson.
		Ferguson was angry that Ford's British division continued to refuse to produce a model with the Ferguson System, and to address this situation he made plans to develop his own tractor to compete against Ford in England.
		The strengths of the Ferguson System had already been demonstrated with the 9N and revised 2N in America, and sales of the TE-20 were very successful, eventually displacing Ford in the top position in that market that had long been under their domination.
	www.ssbtractor.com /features/Massey_Ferguson_tractors.html (3835 words)

	Harry Ferguson - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
		When someone named Harry Ferguson blows hot air into a musical instrument the occasion is not always a tenor saxophone solo, despite the impression left by at least a couple of jazzmen in various eras.
		Down under in wombat world, the didgeridoo solos of Harry Ferguson have been recorded for inclusion on various collections of traditional Australian music.
		The field recordings for this particular collection were done by Alice Moyle, who reportedly captured Ferguson on tape about a decade prior to the album's release.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,3016644,00.html (430 words)

	Harry George Ferguson -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Ferguson began in 1900 to sell and repair automobiles and motorcycles, and in 1909 he designed and built his own airplane, in which he made the first recorded flight over Ireland.
		U.S. singer Harry Belafonte was a key figure in the popular folk music scene of the 1950s.
		Burleigh, Harry T. baritone and composer Harry T. Burleigh was a noted arranger of Negro spirituals.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9034037?&query=maynard (665 words)

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		Within 20 years Massey Harris was ready to take their business to the next level: power farming.
		In the 1920s Harry Ferguson revolutionized tractor design and safety in Great Britain with the perfection of the “Ferguson Sytem” of attaching implements to tractors in a way that controlled implement draft and prevented tractor “flipovers”.
		The Massey Harris company recognized the significance of innovative, patented hitch and hydraulic system that Ferguson had developed in 1953 negotiated a merger of the companies as Massey-Harris-Ferguson, Ltd., later shortened to Massey-Ferguson.
	www.mabiebrothers.com /massey/company_history/history2.html (352 words)

	Emerald Reflections Online
		Harry Ferguson was born at Growell, near Hillsborough, Co. Down, on November 4, 1884.
		Ferguson formed his own motor business in 1911, and during World War I began to sell tractors to Irish farmers accustomed to horse-drawn plows.
		Harry Ferguson was also producing tractors during this period.
	www.angelfire.com /wi/shamrockclubwisc/Reflections/page158.html (3153 words)

	My interest in Triumphs3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Harry established the Ferguson Company in 1911 and started to move away from manufacturing cars and towards producing a lightweight fully integrated agricultural tractor, the type of which we know today.
		The design was so good that a "handshake agreement" was reached with Henry Ford (the son of an Irish emigrant) on the manufacture of his farm system in 1939.
		Harry successfully sued and after a superb performance on the witness stand, won the largest patent compensation ever awarded !
	www.nireland.com /gd.triumph/myinterest3.htm (198 words)

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