{"id":8228,"date":"2021-03-19T18:50:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T22:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=8228"},"modified":"2021-04-15T06:35:49","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T10:35:49","slug":"episode-287-massey-ferguson-demoliition-bits-and-pieces-and-wooden-quilts-from-the-ashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=8228","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 287 MASSEY FERGUSON DEMOLIITION BITS AND PIECES and WOODEN QUILTS FROM THE ASHES"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WELL this is the end of the Massey Ferguson Demolition series.  Just a few bits and pieces that were not<\/div>\n
woven into a story form.  Some pictures of the Massey machines made at the factory.  And some more<\/div>\n
of the wood quilts made from some of the Massey Ferguson salvage and snow fence, old house shutters,<\/div>\n
lath from plaster walls… A mish mash.<\/div>\n

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1)  Uncle Norman\u2019s Massey Harris  combine harvester circa 1950\u2026.while combining it picked up
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a rock which dented the cylinder and could not be fixed even thought Uncle Norman tried to fix it<\/p><\/div>\n

with a ball pain hammer.  At the farm sale years later the combine sold to a scrap man for around $100<\/div>\n
even though some members of the Skeoch family thought it was worth several thousand dollars.  I think<\/div>\n
cousin John and I, who were Norman\u2019s executors, have never been quite  forgiven.
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2) Below are a selection of Massey Harris machines\u2026most of them are designed<\/p><\/div>\n

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I used often in my wooden Quilts.  The same colours, red and gold, were the proud<\/div>\n
colours of Parkdale Collegiate Institute.   Strange?
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3) A selection of my fold art.  Please do not feel I am trying to sell.   Just having fun.
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Post Script:  Who were the Masseys?<\/p><\/div>\n

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Massey Manufacturing Co.<\/span>[<\/span>edit<\/a>]<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n
In 1847, Daniel Massey<\/a> established the Newcastle Foundry and Machine Manufactory<\/b> in what is now Newcastle, Ontario<\/a>.[2]<\/a><\/sup> The company made some of the world’s first mechanical threshers<\/a>, at first by assembling parts from the United States, but eventually designing and building its own equipment. Daniel Massey’s son, Hart Massey<\/a>, subsequently renamed the enterprise as the Massey Manufacturing Co<\/b>. In 1879, the company moved to Toronto<\/a>,[3]<\/a><\/sup> where it soon became one of the city’s leading employers. The huge complex of factories, consisting of a 4.4-hectare (11-acre) site with plant and head office at 915 King Street West<\/a> (now part of Liberty Village<\/a>), became one of the best-known features of the city. The company expanded further and began to sell its products internationally.[3]<\/a><\/sup> Through extensive advertising campaigns, it became one of the most well-known brands in Canada. A labour shortage throughout the country also helped to make the firm’s mechanized equipment very attractive.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Massey began experimenting with oil engines about 1910, with engines such as the Bulldog. However, success came only later in the 1920s with the Wallis line of tractors which was purchased by the firm.<\/div>\n
In the 1930s, it introduced the first self-propelled combine harvester<\/a>.[2]<\/a><\/sup> Massey Harris also produced one of the world’s first four-wheel drive<\/a> tractors. Hart Massey’s sons Charles<\/a>, Walter<\/a>, Chester<\/a> and Fred<\/a>became closely involved in the business and eventually took over its operations. They were the last generation of Masseys to run Massey-Harris. Other members of the family went on to other accomplishments: Vincent Massey<\/a> became Governor General of Canada<\/a> and Raymond Massey<\/a> became a noted actor in American films. The Massey family used its fortune to improve the city of Toronto and many institutions, such as the University of Guelph<\/a>, University of Toronto<\/a>, Upper Canada College<\/a>, Crescent School<\/a>, Appleby College<\/a>, Massey Hall<\/a> and Metropolitan United Church<\/a>, were partially financed by the Masseys.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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