Antique Massey Harris Tractors

The company was founded in 1847 by Daniel Massey in Ontario. The name of the company then was Newcastle Foundry and Machine Manufactory. The company started out making some of the first mechanical threshers. The company was taken over and expanded by Hart Massey, Daniel's eldest son. It was then renamed to Massey Manufacturing Co. By 1891, Massey Manufacturing Co. merged with the A. Harris, Son & Co. and became the Massey-Harris Co.

In the 1930s, Massey-Harris introduced the very first self-propelled combine harvester. Massey Harris also manufactured one of the world's first four-wheel drive tractors. In 1953, Massey Harris merged with the Ferguson Company and became Massey-Harris-Ferguson, before finally taking on the name Massey Ferguson in 1958.