Ferguson-Brown Company

**Agreement with Ford:**
– Handshake agreement with Henry Ford
– Produced Ford-Ferguson tractors with self-regulating three-point hitch
– Recognizable by blue Ford emblem and Ferguson System emblem
– Three-point hitch became popular worldwide
– Rear Power Take Off shaft for implements

**Agreement with Standard:**
– Standard Motor Company to manufacture Fergusons tractors
– Banner Lane factory in Coventry used for production
– Tractors for Eastern hemisphere
– Implements sourced and sold separately by Ferguson
– Production expected to start in 1946

**Split with Ford:**
– Ford Motor Company parted ways with Ferguson in 1946
– Lawsuit over Fergusons patents
– Ford altered hydraulic design to avoid patent infringement
– Postwar Ford 8N with Fergusons three-point hitch
– Top-selling tractor in North America

**Ferguson TE20:**
– Model TE20 produced by Standard Motor Company
– Known as the “Little Grey Fergie”
– Variants like TEA20, TED20, TEF20 introduced
– Over 500,000 TE20s built between 1946-1956
– Used in various applications worldwide

**Ferguson Park:**
– Plant in Detroit where TO20, TO30, and F40 assembled
– Named Ferguson Park
– Massey Ferguson ceased production in 1984
– Part of the plant used by auto parts manufacturer
– TO20, TO30, and F40 models assembled at the plant