In Origin of Case Tractors - Autos - Trucks

In 1999 the Case Corporation merged with the New Holland Company forming CNH Global Company. The name Case lives on in two brands, Case CE (Construction Equipement) and Case IH (International Harvester). The CNH Global Company is the biggest producer of construction equipment in the world and the second biggest producer of agricultural equipment in the world.

An American, Jerome Increase Case, started the Case Corporation and produced the first Case Tractors in 1847. Jerome Case was born into a New York State farming family and from a young age he was interested in reading farming and tractor magazines especially the Genessee Farmer where he read about a machine that could cut wheat without people needing to use their hands to aid it. He developed an interest in agriculture at that point.

Case started out by selling threshing machines. In 1869 the Case Corporation launched their first portable steam engine. The first engine built was one moved around by horses. This engine was capable of powering wheat threshers. The engine is now on display in the Smithsonian Museum, located in Washington. The engine was entered into the Paris Exposition competition and the company won first place. This was the first thresher sent abroad by the Case company and was the first of 1000s that would later be exported internationally. The next big idea for the company was the production of a traction engine that was self propelled.

In 1890 the Case Corporation expanded into South America opening a factory in Argentina.

The founder of the Case Company, Jerome Increase Case, died in 1891 at the age of seventy-two. By this time the company produced portable steam engines to power the thres hering Tractor Machine and also a traction engine that was powered by steam.

The Case Company went on to be one of the most renowned engine builders of Northern America. The engines they made ranged in size from nine horsepower to one hundred and ten horsepower. The Case Corporation went on to make engines with a horsepower of one hundred and fifty and some of these engines had cabs on them.

In 1895, the Case Company began to produce gasoline engines and in 1904 the company sold their first gasoline tractor. Case at this time developed a wide line of products: threshers, binders, graders, water tanks, plows, buggies, and even automobiles.

In 1927 the Case Company ceased building its legendary steam engines. In 1928, another name change came for the company, this time as the J I Case Company. By 1929, Case had expanded to Australia, Mexico, Sweden and other countries. Also that year, the comapny produced its first crawler tractor. During 1935, Case tested the first WD-40, a diesel tractor in Nebraska. S and V tractors were introduced in 1940.

In 1947 Case opened a factory in Doncaster, United Kindgom. By 1958, the International Harvester company was selling the Model 560 tractor, at that time considered by many farmers to be the latest in farming technology. For the next 31 years, the company went through more globalization, becoming a well-known company in the agricultural markets of Australia, Japan and other places. Many other companies joined Case during this period.

The Case Tractors are still very popular today and there are many companies that deal in the sale of Case tractors and Case tractor parts. There are also many websites concerned with the buying and selling of used Case tractors.