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6 unusual facts about Massey Ferguson


Iseki

Its tractors have been sold worldwide under various brands: AGCO, Bolens, Challenger, Massey Ferguson and White.

John A. McDougald

He was largely responsible for making it one of Canada's dominant business conglomerates that had controlling interest in Dominion Stores, Hollinger Mines, Massey Ferguson, Standard Broadcasting, Crown Trust Company and Domtar.

Johnny Berry

His first job after retiring from football was with Massey Ferguson at Trafford Park, but in 1960 he was asked to leave the Manchester United-owned house to accommodate new signing Maurice Setters, and he left the Manchester area to return to Aldershot.

Kenneth L. Greenquist

Greenquist also worked as a spot welder assistant with the J. I. Case Company, the Massey-Harris Company and Modine Manufacturing.

The Rebel Angels

This connection is supported by the fact that much of the fortune donated by the Massey family to the University of Toronto for the founding of Massey College was originally made in the manufacture of farm equipment.

Ursus Factory

Gierek had invested nearly 1 billion dollars into a project of developing a modern Massey Ferguson model of tractor at Ursus, however due to licensing problems, these tractors could not be sold in the West, and could not be sold in the East because they were too expensive.


1956 Murray River flood

The New South Wales town of Wentworth, located on the junction of the Darling and Murray Rivers, erected a statue in 1959 in honour of the Fergie TE20 tractor, responsible for helping to erect a levee around the town which kept floodwaters at bay for months.

Sunshine Harvester Works

In the 1950s the McKay family sold out to the newly formed agricultural implement conglomerate Massey Ferguson which was a combination of the Canadian and American interests of Massey Harris, and the British tractor firm of Harry Ferguson.

William Henry Moore

At various times in his life, he was a director of Massey-Harris Co. Ltd., Canadian Colonial Airways Ltd., and Brazean Colliers Ltd.


see also

Hart Massey

Hart Massey was an industrialist who built the firm that became Massey-Harris, the farm equipment giant that is now Varity.

Maxwell Meighen

As an Argus director he was also a member of the boards of some of the largest Canadian companies, including Domtar, Massey-Ferguson, Dominion Stores and Hollinger Mines.