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Pre 1900 Time Line in the Development of the Tractor1800
North America
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Pre-1900M. & J. Rumely Co. formed, 1850s.
James Oliver invents & patents chilled steel plow, 1855.
Charles Hart & Charles Parr form Hart-Parr Gasoline Engine Co...
1897 Hart-Parr makes its first gas-traction engine.
Rudolph Diesel develops new engine while still a student, 1892.
Henry Ford born in 1863.
Case Threshing Machine Co.184.
First Case steam engine, 1876.
Deere & Co. incorporated, 1868.
Candee & Swan win court battle over Deere to claim name of Moline Plow, 1871.
Candee & Swan becomes Moline Plow Co., adopts 'Flying Dutchman' trademark.
Waterloo Gasoline Traction Engine Co., 1893.
Cyrus McCormick patents reaper 1834.
McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. incorporated in 1879.
William Deering becomes sole owner of Deering harvester Co.
1880 J.P. Morgan helps work out integration of McCormick Harvesting Machine, Deering Harvester, Plano Mfg. Co.
Milwaukee Harvester Co. and Champion Reaper Works into International Harvester Massey Mfg. Co & A. Harris, Son & Co. merge in Ontario to become Canada's largest agricultural firm.
1891 Wallis Tractor Co. manufactures the Wallis Bear gas tractor. James George Cockshutt opens Brantford Plow Works, 1876.
The Cockshutt Plow Co. incorporated in 1882.
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1876 to 1909 Time Line to Develop the Tractor1909
North America
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1902 - 19101902
Hart-Parr makes its first gas-traction engine
J.P. Morgan helps work out integration of McCormick Harvesting Machine, Deering Harvester, Plano Mfg. Co., Milwaukee Harvester Co. and Champion Reaper Works into International Harvester
Wallis Tractor Co. manufactures the Wallis Bear gas tractor
1906
Holt Mfg. Co. sells first steam powered tracked tractor
1907
Holt makes 1st gas-powered tracked tractor
1908
Holt buys Daniel Best's tractor co.;
Heider Manufacturing Co. manufactures first tractor
1909
Cockshutt buys shares in Frost & Wood Co., gains exclusive selling rights to F & W implements west of Peterborough;
Avery Company enters licensing arrangement to sell "Cockshutt-Avery Engine Gang Plows" in USA, Mexico and Cuba
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1910 to 1915 Time Line in Developing the Tractor1910
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1910 - 19151910
Rumely Oilpull begins production
Holt registers 'Caterpillar' trademark for tractor line;
Best forms C. L. Best Gas Traction Co.
M-H purchases Johnston Harvester Co., of Batavia, NY, enters U.S. market
Cockshutt Plow Co. Ltd. Is reorganized as a public company
1911
First Case gasoline tractor
Minneapolis threshing Machine Co.develops its line of gas tractors
Cockshutt buys out Frost & Wood, Adams Wagon, and Branford Carriage
1912
Emerson-Brantingham Co. purchases Gas Traction Co.
Minnesota Steel & Machinery contracts to build Case 30/60 tractors for Case Threshing Machine Co.
1914
Allis-Chalmers introduces first tractor
Rock Island Plow Co. begins selling Heider Model B tractors
Minnesota Steel & Machinery develops its line of Twin City tractors
1915
Advance-Rumely formed from Gaar-Scott & Co., Advance Thresher Co., and Northwest Thresher Co.
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1916 to 1923 Time Line in the Development of the Tractor1916
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1916 - 19201916
Minneapolis group incorporates Ford Tractor Co., with partner Paul B. Ford
Rock Island Plow buys Heider Tractor Co.
Cleveland Motor Plow Co. formed
1917
Henry Ford incorporates Henry Ford & Son Tractor Co.; begins manufacture of Fordson tractor
Cleveland Motor Plow Co. changes name to Cleveland Tractor Co.
1918
Deere buys Waterloo Gasoline Traction Engine Co.
1919
Rumely Oilpull
J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co. buys Grand Detour Plow, an early Deere competitor;
Wallis Tractor Co. merged into Case Plow Works
Moline Plow Co. develops Moline Universal tractor1919
1920
University of Nebraska begins tractor testing with John Deere Waterloo Boy Model N
By Lantry Vaughan
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1921 to 1928 Time Line in the Development of the Tractor1921
Sunnybrook Farm Museum Red Deer Alberta Canada
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1921 - 19281921
Era of price wars, especially between Ford & IH; tractor prices slashed dramatically
McCormick-Deering 15/30 Gear Drive tractor replaces Titan tractor
1922
IH buys Parlin & Orendorf Plow Co., throws in free plow with every new tractor to bolster price war sales
1923
Production of Deere Model D 'Johnny Popper' begins
Moline Plow Co. discontinues Moline Universal tractor, a casualty of tractor price wars of the 1920's
1924
Advance-Rumely buys Aultman & Taylor Machinery Co.
IH introduces Farmall tractor
1925
Holt & C. L. Best combine to form Caterpillar Tractor Co.
1928
Hart-Parr
Allis-Chalmers purchases Monarch Tractor Company
Ford moves production to Ireland under pressure from IH
Case purchases Emerson-Brantingham Co., drops E-B tractor lines; Rock Island Plow Co. renames Heider tractor line to Rock Island
By Lantry Vaughan
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1928 to 1929 Time Line in the Development of the Tractor12 December 1928
Sunnybrook Farm Museum Red Deer Alberta Canada
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1928 - 19301928
Allis-Chalmers
1928
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Massey-Harris buys J. I. Case Plow Works (including Wallis Tractor line);
J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co. becomes J. I. Case Co.
Cockshutt makes deal with Allis Chalmers to sell A-C and United tractors in western Canada
1929
Oliver Tractor Company formed from Hart-Parr Co., Oliver Chilled Plow Co.,
Nichols & Shephard & American Seeding Co.
Allis-Chalmers changes from green to Persian Orange paint scheme
1929
Massey sells rights to Case name to Case Threshing Machine Co.
Minneapolis-Moline Power Implement Co. formed from Moline Implement Co., Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Co., & Minneapolis Threshing Machine Co.
By Lantry Vaughan
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1929 to 1931 Time Line in the Development of the Tractor1929
Sunnybrook Farm Museum Red Deer Alberta Canada
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1930 - 19311930
Minneapolis-Moline sells both Twin City & Minneapolis-Moline brand names until 1938
Cockshutt begins selling tractors from the Oliver Co. under the name "Cockshutt Hart-Parr"
1931
Allis-Chalmers takes over Advance-Rumely Thresher Company
Cockshutt invents Tiller Combine, which minimizes tillage by planting & plowing in one pass
By Lantry Vaughan
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