1947 Farmall A wearing a First Prize ribbon
Ken Roffel

Growing up on a small mixed farm in Southern Ontario near Denfield gave me hours of enjoyment working with International Harvester equipment.

Our Little A was a genuine workhorse around the farm. It did not matter what chores needed to be completed, the thought of sitting on that tractor mowing the fields of local hay or raking with it made me anxious to get out of the barn and onto the fields. Read More …

The International 300 Utility
Paul Harder, Sunderland, Ont

“The all-duty tractor with heavy-duty performance” according to  the literature that I purchased this summer at a show in Illinois. The reason I’m writing  about this tractor is because my Dad had purchased a new one years ago and it is still here today doing routine work on our 500 acre dairy farm.
I was a young boy when the International 300 utility was delivered to our farm  of 100 acres. The farm produced cream from the cows, and pigs were fattened with the skim milk with lots of grain. The tractor was driven to the farm by the mechanic from the dealer ( Ross Doble Inc). He asked me where my Dad’s tractor was, and I told him it was in the shed. He told me he was going to leave  this shiny new red tractor and take the old tractor. Read More …