Ford Tractor Company

Ford Tractor Company was incorporated on March 15, 1915, by W. Baer Ewing and Paul W.

Businessman W. Baer Ewing had hired tractor designer Robert Kinkaid to develop his product line, but named the company after one Paul Ford, a local hardware clerk Ewing had hired, allegedly to leverage the Ford name to take advantage of customer confusion with Henry Ford.

[4] On, June 19, 1916, Paul Ford was relieved of his duties with the company but still continued to receive compensation.

In 1919 a law was passed in Nebraska mandating that tractors be tested on a standardized basis in order to be sold in the state.

[5] The company is the subject of a silent educational documentary produced in 1917, Horseless Farming With Ford Tractors.