<P> While unpopular at first , these gasoline - powered machines began to catch on in the 1910s , when they became smaller and more affordable . Henry Ford introduced the Fordson , a wildly popular mass - produced tractor , in 1917 . They were built in the U.S. , Ireland , England and Russia , and by 1923 , Fordson had 77 % of the U.S. market . The Fordson dispensed with a frame , using the strength of the engine block to hold the machine together . By the 1920s , tractors with gasoline - powered internal combustion engines had become the norm . </P>
<P> While unpopular at first , these gasoline - powered machines began to catch on in the 1910s , when they became smaller and more affordable . Henry Ford introduced the Fordson , a wildly popular mass - produced tractor , in 1917 . They were built in the U.S. , Ireland , England and Russia , and by 1923 , Fordson had 77 % of the U.S. market . The Fordson dispensed with a frame , using the strength of the engine block to hold the machine together . By the 1920s , tractors with gasoline - powered internal combustion engines had become the norm . </P>
when were tractors first manufactured on a large scale
when were tractors first manufactured on a large scale
1917
1917