Before the tractor there were 20 million horses pulling farm equipment year round.Though American companies had manufactured tractors for more than fifteen years, no one imagined that farmers would begin to shift to machines for draft power any time soon Nevertheless, the transition was about to begin en masse. The man who put the world on wheels wanted to put farmers on tractors too. At the same time that Henry Ford developed the Model T, he experimented with tractor production. He may be known for his role in automotive history, but his agricultural contributions are equally significant.At the time, most tractors weighed more than two tons and cost around $1,000. Henry Ford hoped to create a small, less expenive tractor that most farmers could afford.