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Agricultural and General Engineers was a combine of British engineering companies formed in 1919.

1919 Prospectus. Capital is 3 million pounds. Lists the associating companies as: ^[1]

Directors:

1920 May. Extraordinary General Meeting. Announced that the following companies had joined them: ^[2]

1920 October. Annual General Meeting. George G. Perks was re-elected as a director. Mention of the following additional companies: ^[3]

The company was not successful in commercial terms but it did develop two of the most advanced diesel tractors in the world.
- A four-cylinder Blackstone engine powered one of the tractors with an output of 37.7 HP with a petrol engine provided for starting the diesel.
- The other tractor was powered by a four-cylinder diesel engine produced by Aveling and Porter with an output of up to 42.4 HP. This engine was one of the fastest early diesel engines and the starting equipment was an electric motor.
The company entered receivership in 1932.

1932 R. A. Lister and Co and Ruston and Hornsby jointly acquired the road-roller manufacturers Aveling and Porter, and Barford and Perkins from the receivers. A new joint company Aveling-Barford was established by the 2 to hold these interests.

[1] Wikipedia
The Engineer of 9th July 1920
From 1890 to the Present Day Farm Tractors by Michael Williams published in 2005 by Silverdale Books ISBN 978-1-84509-251-1
The Complete Encylopedia of Tractors by Mirco de Cet published in 2006 by Rebo International ISBN 978-90-366-1893-9

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 * [[Geoffrey Howard]]
-Extraordinary General Meeing. Announced that the following companies had joined them: <ref> The Times , Tuesday, May 11, 1920</ref>
+May. Extraordinary General Meeting. Announced that the following companies had joined them: <ref> The Times, Tuesday, May 11, 1920</ref>
 * [[E. R. and F. Turner]]
 * [[Charles Burrell and Sons]]
 * [[L. R. Knapp and Co]]
 * [[Clarkes Crank and Forge Co]]
+October. Annual General Meeting. [[George G. Perks]] was re-elected as a director. Mention of the following additional companies: <ref>The Times, Saturday, Oct 16, 1920</ref>
+* [[Barford and Perkins]]
-The constituent companies were assigned sectors of the market to reduce competition within the group and to compete with the United States and Canadian companies.
-The member companies were:
-*[[Aveling and Porter]]
-*[[Barford and Perkins]]
-*[[E. H. Bentall and Co]]
-*[[Blackstone and Co]]
-*[[Charles Burrell and Sons]]
-*[[Clarkes Crank and Forge Co]]
 *[[Davey, Paxman and Co]]
-*[[Richard Garrett and Sons]]
-*[[James and Frederick Howard]]
-*[[L. R. Knapp and Co]]
-*[[E. R. and F. Turner]]
 *[[AGE Electrical Co]]