And although a broken steerage chain sabotaged the chances of a victory, their Big Four “30” tractor, which pulled a seven-bottom John Deere plow, did lure additional investors and a distribution deal with Deere.įast-forward several years, and an on-going debate between father and son (which nearly ended their relationship) gave way to Ralph’s vision for a small, economical, gasoline tractor. A 35-horsepower version of their tractor debuted at the Winnipeg Agricultural Motor Competition in 1908. Frank Lyons joined the father-son duo to form the Transit Thresher Company in Minneapolis. Then they found someone to finance their latest four-cylinder model for a half-interest in the patent. Father and son designed a three-cylinder tractor, then a two-cylinder tractor, many of which were “bum, very bum,” Ralph later said. He envisioned a massive prairie tractor, but one with the power others were lacking. The Hartsough story is a microcosm of the tractor industry in the early twentieth century, ripe with great successes, traumatic failures, and contributions lost to history.Īt the turn of the century, the Reverend Daniel Hartsough traded his automobile for some North Dakota farmland and went to work. And it took them a long time to get there.
Hartsough, eventually with the help of his son Ralph, beat him to it with the Bull. Henry Ford promised an inexpensive tractor in 1908, but an enigmatic street pastor name Daniel M. Train cars loaded with tractors began to arrive from Texas as Hutchison prepared to host the next stop of the National Tractor Demonstration later that month. Viewed online at (copy and paste image page link).Advertisement in the Hutchison (KS) News, July 8, 1916. Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, Creator, Title, Image ID. Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research Citation Viewed online at (copy and paste image page link). Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Image ID.
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