Farm Machinery

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Farm Machinery Equipment
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Agricultural Revolution

• Power shift from human animal power ?
  mechanical power
• Before 1830
• 56 hours of human power ? 1 acre of wheat

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History

• Agricultural machines
• Cotton gin- 1784 by Eli Whitney
• Steel plow- 1837 John Deere
• By 1846 he was making 1,000 steel plows/yr
• 1850-1880
• Amount of farmland increase by 82
• Number of farms increased 167
• 1900
• 50 of Americans live on farms

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The Steam Era

• 70,000 steam engines produced for farm use
• 1st stationary, then portable
• Threshing machines
• Traction engines

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Internal Combustion Engine

• Several stages
• One-cylinder engines
• Two-cylinder motors
• Two-cylinder engines
• Fuels used
• Gun powder
• Turpentine
• Coal dust
• Kerosene
• True Beginning of Internal Combustion Engines

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Farm Tractors

• 1st Gasoline-Powered Tractor
• 1892- John Froehlich
• Term tractor coined in 1906
• Effect of WW1 on Tractor Production
• 1910- 15 companies4,000 tractors
• 1920- 166 companies200,000 tractors
• Horse-drawn equipment replaced with tractors

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Farm Tractors

• Effect of Depression Years on Production
• 1935- 20 companiesover 1 million tractors
• 9 major companies-
• International Harvester
• John Deere
• J.I. Case
• Massey-Harris
• Oliver
• Minneapolis Moline
• Allis Chalmers
• Cleveland Tractor Company
• Caterpillar Tractor Company

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Farm Tractors

• PTOs, Tricycle-type, Rubber-tired Tractors
• 1918- IH introduces power take-off (PTO)
• 1924- IH introduces tricycle-type tractor
• 1932- Allis Chalmers introduces pneumatic
  rubber-tired tractor

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Farm Tractors

• Shift from Animal Power to Tractor Power
• Decreased demand for animal feed
• Reduced labor time and cost
• 1936
• Rubber-tired, two-plow tractors100 acres/51 days
• Horses100 acres/141 days

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Farm Tractors

• Advent of Various Fuels
• Modern Tractor Accessories
• Increased Size Four-Wheel Drive

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Market Structure

• Full-line companies
• Long-line companies
• Short-line companies

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Foreign Trade

• Exports
• Imports

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• Trends in the Farm Machinery and Equipment
  Industry

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Products of the Farm Machinery and Equipment
Manufacturers

• Purchasing Department
• Sales and Marketing Division
• Finance Department
• Engineering Department
• Consumer Relations Division
• Human Resources Department
• Parts Department
• Distribution Department
• Product Planning Division
• Export Division
• Administrative (Executive) Department

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Careers in Wholesaling

• Purchasing Agent
• Publications Preparation
• Territory or Zone Manager
• Liaison Officer
• Marketing Surveying
• Business Services
• Salesperson

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Dealership Careers

• Retail Operations
• Purchasing
• Facility Management
• Sales
• Parts Department
• Service Department
• Advertising
• Finance, credit, collections
• Accounting
• Management

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Farm Contracting Services

• Clearing land
• Leveling reforming land surface
• Constructing irrigation ditches
• Installing drainage systems
• Terracing constructing water courses
• Developing watersheds
• Aerial spraying