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AS I SAW IT CHAPTER 33

By Rolland E. Maxwell

Route 4, Huntington, Indiana 46750

The Bull Company was organized in 1913. They contracted with Minneapolis Steel and Machine Company to build their tractor on contract for them. That company had been building structional steel for buildings, bridges, etc. They really got started in 1914 and sold 3900 that year. They quit in 1918 after building 8,000 tractors. They first built The Little Bull and then The Big Bull which was about a 8-16 two plow size. Not a whirlwind of a success, but it did whet the appetite for a smaller sized tractor. There are still several of those tractors around yet. I drive one at the Rollag, Minnesota Show.

In 1914 I.H.C. came out with their 8-16 Mogul, a one cylinder two-bottom tractor, had a good following because it sold for $675 and pulled two plows. There are still a number of them around yet. In 1916 they raised it to 10...

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