Massey-Harris '07.1891–11.1957

Daniel Massey was a farmer for several decades until he decided to focus his work on machinery repair and created the "Massey Manufacturing Company" in 1847, in Newcastle (Ontario, Canada). Fourty years later (1891), the company merged with "A.Harris, Son and Company" to form "Massey-Harris Limited".

Harry Ferguson created his company by negotiating sales for tractor factories. However, he found that tractors and their implement towing coupling was too rudimentary and so he designed an integrated unit to couple tractor to implement. The Ferguson system was born, and became the global standard, allowing the effort to be transferred to the rear axle and the front axle for more grip and safety. This idea led to the production of thr first ever prototype of the "Ferguson Black Tractor" (1933), the ancestor of all modern tractors.

In 1936, the "Ferguson Brown" tractor was introduced to the public and production began. Based on the "Ferguson Black" prototype, this distinctive tractor was created by Harry Ferguson and manufactured by the David Brown Company.

In 1953, Massey-Harris (Canada) and Harry Ferguson ltd (UK) merged together to become Massey-Harris-Ferguson.

On the 19th November 1957, four years after merging, "Massey Harris Ferguson" became "Massey Ferguson".