INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER FARMALL
Nov 26, 2021
3 minutes
WORDS AND PICTURES Mike Williams
During most of the First World War, the International Harvester Company was firmly established as the biggest selling tractor manufacturer in America and throughout the world, and this success lasted until 1918 when the new Fordson tractor pushed IH into second place.
Growth
The war years were a period of prosperity for America’s tractor industry, with interest in power farming growing rapidly. During 1914, the year the war began, American tractor production was about 15,000, increasing to over 132,000 built in 1918, and
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