<P> The first genuine Ford tractor, called the Fordson tractor (because a misleading Ford brand not related to Henry Ford was squatting on the Ford name at the time), was a tremendous success in North America and Europe from 1917 to 1928 . Ford of the U.S. left the tractor business in 1928 . Ford Ltd of Britain continued to thrive with the Fordson from 1928 onward . Some British Fordsons were imported to the U.S. during the following decade . Henry Ford continued tractor R&D in the U.S. after 1928 . During the 1930s, experiments were made at Ford's Dearborn, Michigan and Richmond Plantation, Georgia facilities, creating prototypes of row - crop tricycle Fordsons, V8 - powered tractors, one - wheel - drive tractors, and other ideas . But Henry Ford waited to reenter the market, planning to have the right new tractor at the right time to achieve a market - changing success . </P> <P> In Ireland, businessman Harry Ferguson had been developing and selling various improved hitches, implements, and tractors since the 1910s . His first tractors were adapted from Model T cars . In 1920 and 1921 he gave demonstrations at Cork and Dearborn of his hitches and implements as aftermarket attachments to Fordson tractors . The hitches were mechanical at the time . By 1926, he and a team of longtime colleagues (including Willie Sands and Archie Greer) had developed a good hydraulic three - point hitch . Ferguson put such hitches on Fordsons throughout the 1920s and early 1930s . In the mid-1930s, he had David Brown Ltd build Ferguson - brand tractors with his hitches and implements . In 1938, Eber Sherman, importer of Fordsons from England to the United States and a friend of both Ford and Ferguson, arranged to have Ferguson demonstrate his tractor for Henry Ford . In October 1938 the Ferguson tractor was put through a demonstration before Ford and his engineers . It was light in weight relative to its power, which impressed Ford . Ferguson's successful tractor demonstration led to a handshake agreement with Ford in 1938, whereby Ford would manufacture tractors using the Ferguson three - point hitch system . </P> <P> Ford Motor Company invested $12 million in tooling to finance Ferguson's new distribution company . The investment resulted in the production of the 9N tractor which was introduced on June 29, 1939 . It was officially called a "Ford tractor with the Ferguson system", although the name Ford - Ferguson was widely used . It sold for $585 including rubber tires, power take - off, Ferguson hydraulics, an electric starter, generator, and battery; lights were optional . Ford's 9N further improved the cantankerous Model F by updating the ignition with a distributor and coil . An innovative system of tire mounts for the rear wheels and versatile axle mounts for the fronts enabled farmers to accommodate any width row - crop work they needed . The 9N weighed 2340 pounds and had 13 drawbar horsepower, which could pull a two - bottom plow . It was designed to be safe, quiet and easy to operate . Ford once said "Our competition is the horse ."; the 9N was intended for farmers who were not mechanically minded . </P> <P> An immediate success, the 9N's configuration became an industry standard, which was followed by other tractor manufacturers for fifteen years . Henry Ford passed leadership of his company to grandson Henry Ford II in 1945 . By 1946, the younger Ford discovered that, despite its success, the Model N lost Ford Motor Company over $25 million in six years . He reacted by forming Dearborn Motors in November 1946, which took over tractor distribution from Ferguson . Ford informed Ferguson that after July 1947 they would no longer supply tractors to his company . Ferguson sued Henry Ford II, Dearborn Motors and Ford Motor Company and others for $251 million in damages on the basis of patent infringements and conspiracy to monopolize the farm tractor business . Ford Motor Company claimed the patents had already expired by the time of Dearborn Motors' incorporation . Approximately 750,000 9Ns were built, and it was estimated in 2001 that nearly half of these were still in regular use . </P>

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