AGE - Agricultural and General Engineers

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:

• Aveling and Porter
• E. H. Bentall and Co
• Blackstone and Co
• Richard Garrett and Sons
• James and Frederick Howard

Directors:

• Archibald White Maconochie
• Thomas Bilbe Robinson
• Thomas Lake Aveling
• Edmund Ernest Bentall
• George Mills Blackstone
• Frank Garrett
• Geoffrey Howard

1920 Extraordinary General Meeing. Announced that the following companies had joined them:

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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

• Peter Brotherhood
• Bull Motors
• Burrell's Hiring Co

• 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.

See Also

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Sources of Information

• [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