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How one man’s innovation provided the missing link for 20th century agricultural revolution.
Harry Ferguson is not a name which instantly springs to mind when thinking of entrepreneurs who changed the course of history. Yet his contribution to the world of agriculture was on a level with that of Steve Jobs in terms of providing the enabling platform which allowed the full impact of a technology - in his case the tractor - to be realised and to contribute to a massive upsurge in agricultural productivity,
This podcast examines his contribution against the background of the emerging mechanization revolution and in particular his development of the dominant design solving the puzzle of how to connect new power sources to the tools which enable agricultural activity.

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