The little grey Fergie is Britain's best-loved tractor, the light
user-friendly machine that finally replaced the horse on farms. This
highly illustrated account covers the full history of Harry Ferguson's
tractor products from his pioneering work before the 1930s to the merger
with Massey in 1957. The author has had access to fresh archive material
and has interviewed many of the surviving men who were associated with
Ferguson. The appeal of the Fergie lay in its lightness and utility, and
also in the system of mechanized farming of which it was a part.
Throughout the book, reference is made to the implements which lay at
the heart of the system. Stuart Gibbard has won Tractor and Machinery
magazine's award for the best British tractor book five years running.