Henry Ford demonstrates his Fordson tractor to Harvey Firestone in Columbiana (Greenfield Village), Ohio. Fordson tractor, for decades was the most popular tractor in the US. It was cheaper to maintain than horses.
In that times farmers could spent $.95 per acre plowing with a Fordson compared to feeding eight horses for a year and paying two drivers, which cost $1.46 per acre. Fordson tractors rapidly became popular not only in the US but as well in Britain and Canada. After WWI Fordson tractors were also produced in Ireland. Fordson tractors were also mass exported to the\u00a0Soviet Union.\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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