Cultivator

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OBJECT TYPE: TRACTOR MOUNTED/3 POINT HITCH
DATE: 1938
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1985.0046.001

MANUFACTURER: Ford Motor Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Dearborn, Michigan, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 221.0 cm
Width: 90.0 cm
Height: 98.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Agriculture
Category: Cultivation
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Ford
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Michigan
City: Dearborn

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1940
Canada: Example of an implement designed for the Ferguson system, as implemented in tractors such as 1985.0035.
Function: Used to cultivate ground to prepare seedbed and later for row cultivation and weeding.
Technical: In 1938, Henry Ford and Harry Ferguson made a verbal agreement to produce Ferguson system tractors. Designed by Ferguson's group, the tractors were manufactured by Ford Motor Co. in Dearborn, MI. At the same time Ferguson began designing implements to accompany the tractor, which were marketed first by the Sherman-Ferguson Mfg. Co. and, after 1941, by Harry Ferguson Inc. In 1947 the Ford-Ferguson connection was sundered and in 1947 Harry Ferguson Inc. began production of tractors in Detroit. The "Ferguson system" involved a tractor with an automatic hydraulic draft control and three-point hitch and a wheel-less implement, integrating tractor and implement. The design allowed the attached implement to be raised and lowered by a lever. The system prevented lateral swing of the implement and prevented rearing when an implement encountered an obstruction because the weight of the implement was carried by the tractor, fixing its wheels to the ground [See C. Fraser, “Harry Ferguson inventor & pioneer,” London: John Murray, 1972. Pp. 90-98, 181-183].
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: NONE
Missing: 2 SPRINGS FROM 4TH KNIFE FROM SINISTER SIDE From CA of 06/04/1997 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined
Finish: OBSCURED BY CORROSION
Decoration: N/A

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Ford Motor Co., Cultivator, circa 1938, Artifact no. 1985.0046, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0046.001/

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