[AT] McCormick Tractor

[Guy Fay]

That would in fact be a major surprise to Cyrus McCormick. John Applebee 
invented the twine knotter. McCormick Harvesting Machine Company built 
twine binders under liscense, essentially- the story is very convoluted 
as to how McCormick company got the liscense.

Dave Ernst wrote:

> A little tidbit here, Did you know that Cyrus McCormick invented a 
> twine knotter in the 1880's for bailing hay that with minor 
> modifications is still being used in the new bailing machines today?
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Strobel" 
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> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 7:14 AM
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>> Thanks for taking the time and effort gentlemen.  I will check it out 
>> some more.
>>
>> Take Care,
>> RickinMt.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Guy Fay" <fayguyma at execpc.com>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
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>> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 7:33 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] McCormick Tractor
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>>
>>> Louis is right.
>>>
>>> International Harvester brand naming is something that just confuses 
>>> the
>>> heck out of people today. There wasn't one set of rules that carried
>>> over time- what name a tractor received depended on when it was built.
>>>
>>> IH used the "McCormick-Deering" name on all farm tractors starting in
>>> 1923. The Farmall was officially the McCormick-Deering Farmall, 
>>> although
>>> people seldom called it that.
>>>
>>> Somewhere in here tractors sold to industrial markets started receiving
>>> the International name.
>>>
>>> In 1949, the Deering was removed, and tractors became McCormicks.
>>>
>>> In 1954, the Non-Farmalls started using the International name.
>>>
>>> Louis Spiegelberg wrote:
>>>
>>> >I might be off base, I am not much of an IH guy, but I will take a 
>>> stab >at
>>> >this.  I think McCormick tractors are the standard model tractors 
>>> that >were
>>> >built by IH.  Such as the W4, O4,etc...  I think the 4 series used the
>>> >Farmall H powertrain. The Farmall name was used on row crop 
>>> tractors.  I
>>> >don't know if this helps you, but this is about my extent of 
>>> knowledge >of IH
>>> >history.
>>> >
>>> >Lou
>>> >
>>> >-----Original Message-----
>>> >From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>> >[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Richard 
>>> >Strobel
>>> >Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 10:59 AM
>>> >To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>>> >Subject: [AT] McCormick Tractor
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >Howdy all;
>>> >  Did Cyrus build a McCormick tractor?  Been told there's no 
>>> mention of
>>> >Deering anywhere?  From a distance it appears red and is on rubber.
>>> >
>>> >  How would you rate it on the "Desirable Scale" of 1 to 10 for an 
>>> ole > iron
>>> >collector?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >Thanks much
>>> >RickinMt.
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