I've enjoyed reading some of the stories from fellow "Ferguson Brothers", and would like to contribute some of my own. My dad Frank Schulte, worked for Ferguson from shortly after WWII until about 1970. He started out working at Empire Plow in Cleveland, Ohio. Empire was either a subsidiary or supplier to Ferguson, I'm not sure which one is correct. His job was quality control. In 1951 he was transferred to the new Southfield, Michigan tractor plant where he worked for the next 20 years. He was their chief quality control engineer for a good portion of his career at Ferguson. He had a chance to meet Harry Ferguson on several occasions, and the one thing I remember best about the encounters was that my dad had to pay Harry 10 cents. Old Harry thought that standing around with one's hands in one's pockets was an indication of someone with nothing to do. His "fine" was 10 cents and an admonition not to do it again. During the 1950's and 1960's we had a lot of visitors to our home from the company who came from Canada and from the British Isles. One of the fine gentlemen was Eric Summerfield, from Warwickshire, England. We talked quite a bit, and shared information about our cultures. Currently I have two Ferguson tractors, a Ferguson TEA-20 and a Massey Ferguson 135. The TEA just had a major overhaul with a complete engine rebuild using the last NOS parts in the warehouse. The 135 only has about 580 hours on it, so it is just about broken in. I have many more stories that are coming to mind as I write this, and maybe I can get them on line sometime in the future.