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Digging In: John Radford says he and his partner, Rod Bain, hope their dealers next year will sell 100 to 200 tractors imported from a Spanish company once partly owned by Massey-Ferguson
Digging In: John Radford says he and his partner, Rod Bain, hope their dealers next year will sell 100 to 200 tractors imported from a Spanish company once partly owned by Massey-Ferguson

Digging In: John Radford says he and his partner, Rod Bain, hope their dealers next year will sell 100 to 200 tractors imported from a Spanish company once partly owned by Massey-Ferguson

Date11/29/1984
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0132488F
Invisible wall of opposition greeted bearded Mike Bazilli when he imported 50 Russian diesel tractors to Oakville last spring. He says farmers couldn't get bank loans to buy them, publications refused his ads and other machinery companies cancelled their distribution agreements with him.
Invisible wall of opposition greeted bearded Mike Bazilli when he imported 50 Russian diesel tractors to Oakville last spring. He says farmers couldn't get bank loans to buy them, publications refused his ads and other machinery companies cancelled their distribution agreements with him.
10/27/1970
Russian tractors land, While Canada's multinational farm-equipment producer, Massey-Ferguson Ltd
Russian tractors land, While Canada's multinational farm-equipment producer, Massey-Ferguson Ltd
7/5/1976
High-level talks: Albert Thornbrough, then president of Massey-Ferguson (left), with Bud McDougald, then chairman of Argus Corporation, the company that owned controlling share of Massey stock
High-level talks: Albert Thornbrough, then president of Massey-Ferguson (left), with Bud McDougald, then chairman of Argus Corporation, the company that owned controlling share of Massey stock
6/5/1980
Time for the past: Bill Riordan, a Stouffville antique dealer, is one of 95 dealers who will sell their collectibles at Hillcrest Mall in Richmond Hill Sunday
Time for the past: Bill Riordan, a Stouffville antique dealer, is one of 95 dealers who will sell their collectibles at Hillcrest Mall in Richmond Hill Sunday
4/13/1990
Tough times: Dealers have to get rid of inventory or they'll go bankrupt, says Bryan Rowntree, president of the Toronto Automobile Dealers Association
Tough times: Dealers have to get rid of inventory or they'll go bankrupt, says Bryan Rowntree, president of the Toronto Automobile Dealers Association
11/9/1981
Notice! : if you want to buy or sell any furniture, stoves or other articles you will find it to your advantage to call and see Simonds & Waterman furniture dealers
Notice! : if you want to buy or sell any furniture, stoves or other articles you will find it to your advantage to call and see Simonds & Waterman furniture dealers
1890 circa
Tractor rally: Scarborough farmers driving tractors slow motorists' progress on Beare Rd
Tractor rally: Scarborough farmers driving tractors slow motorists' progress on Beare Rd
5/20/1988
Renting tea cups, tractors all in a day's work for Peter Manahan
Renting tea cups, tractors all in a day's work for Peter Manahan
10/2/1978
Passenger surreys, towed by electric tractors, patrol the hallway of Terminal 2 at Toronto International Airport
Passenger surreys, towed by electric tractors, patrol the hallway of Terminal 2 at Toronto International Airport
9/23/1975
Fifteen tractors manned by angry farmers block entrance at Caledon landfill site to trucks carrying contaminated soil from Mississauga derailment site yesterday
Fifteen tractors manned by angry farmers block entrance at Caledon landfill site to trucks carrying contaminated soil from Mississauga derailment site yesterday
11/27/1979
Two-way parade of Farmers' Tractors on Highway 10, What they want is $4 a hundredweight for manufactured milk
Two-way parade of Farmers' Tractors on Highway 10, What they want is $4 a hundredweight for manufactured milk
6/24/1966
He Switched from Tractors to Antiques, Noel Hamer has seven men working in his Brooklin garage restoring antique cars
He Switched from Tractors to Antiques, Noel Hamer has seven men working in his Brooklin garage restoring antique cars
11/4/1976