Super C Sticker

My point here is, I wonder if tractors destined for market in Canada came across the border, with no decals other than serial number plate. I went to shop this morning and this is what I see; under the word FARMALL on engine hood decal of SA, "Made in the United States of America * International Harvester Company Chicago Illinois". My dad bought new a W4 1942, Cub 1950, and H in 1951. I clearly remember this decal being on at least one and maybe all of those tractors.

My 140 has a small yellow decal, just under patent listings which states, " International Harvester Company Canada Limited, Hamilton, Ontario", and under that in smaller print "Made in the U.S.A." I believe this small decal was on all tractors sold in Canada. We have always had trade agreements stating certain content must be home grown. IH only ever built a couple of tractors in Canada, and they were not big volume sellers. A lot of the implements manufactured at Hamilton were sold in the US. IH and indeed all other farm equipment manufacturers for the most part avoided tarriffs by manufacturing the dollar value in country sold. Could be decal making was a Canadian industry. I think some of these items changed over the years as there were times tractors came to Canada without tires. Very prominant during wartime but ocasionally has happened since.

Another notable item is Massey Harris, a company as Canadian as they come, you look at Nebraska test data and all tractors are Massey-Harris Co, Racine, Wis. Cockshutt on the other hand gives address as Brantford, ON, Canada, but Cockshutt used several different American built engines and an Oliver transmission. I am talking the years between 1946 and 1961 when Cockshutt built its own tractor.

On the subject of Massey Harris and Cockshutt, these two companies were putting the gears to IH and Deere prior to WW#2. Had they not seen the extended interuption of war production the farm landscape would look much different today. In the late 1940s they both had tractors far superior to Deere and IH. Problem was their dealer network had suffered so badly during the war, Deere and IH overtook them. Just looking at some statistics the other night. Cockshutt 40 was the first tractor tested at Nebraska with IPTO. These guys get on here raving about their Farmall M and SM. Little do they know a Cockshutt 40 will eat a Farmall M or SM, on a drawbar pull. Same between Cockshutt 30 and the farmall H. And full live power take off, almost a full decade before the rest, not some make shift M&W hand clutch. And oh, those smooth running 6 cylinder engines.