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50-429: (Redirected from JI Case ) J. I. Case may refer to: Case Corporation — the tractor manufacturer formerly known as the J. I. Case Company Jerome Case (1819–1891) — Jerome Increase Case, farm machinery maker and racehorse owner; founder of J. I. Case Company Jackson Irving Case (1865–1903) — son of Jerome Case Jerome I. Case High School —

100-406: A Fiat Group division, which has since been demerged into a corporation that is majority-owned by Fiat Industrial . The name Case lives on in two CNH brands: Case CE (from "Construction Equipment"), which is the world's third largest brand of construction equipment, and Case IH , which is the world's second largest brand of agricultural equipment. Jerome Increase Case (1819–1891) was born to

150-677: A consolidation was needed, and so the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, the Deering Harvester Company , the Plano Manufacturing Company and two others merged their companies, rebranding the new company conglomerate as International Harvester Company , which became one of the giants of industry. By 1895, the Case Company had begun to produce gasoline engines. By 1899, the Case Company entered

200-507: A Wisconsin high school also known as "J.I. Case" or "Racine Case" Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title J. I. Case . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=J._I._Case&oldid=515084182 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

250-515: A factory in Argentina. In 1891, the company's founder died. By this time the Case company produced portable steam engines to power the threshing machines, and later went into the steam traction engine business. By the start of the 20th century, Case was the most prolific North American builder of engines. These engines ranged in size from the diminutive 9 HP, to the standard 15, 25, 30, 40, 50, 65 HP and up to

300-605: A far away second place at nine percent, and several other companies sharing the rest of the percentages. In 1923, the IHC Farmall entered the agricultural industry, and Ford's stranglehold began to slip. That same year also, the 100,000th thresher machine produced by Case made its way out of the assembly line, marking an important milestone for the Case company. In 1927 the J. I. Case Company ceased building its legendary steam engines. Case steam engines, of which over 30,000 were produced, were painted in black with green machinery, while

350-531: A farming family in Williamstown, New York . As a young child, Case read about a machine that could cut wheat without people needing to use their hands. He developed an interest in agriculture at that point. Case took small, hand-powered threshing machines to Wisconsin in 1842, where he improved the design and established a company to manufacture them. In 1843, Case moved the business to Racine, Wisconsin , in order to have better access to water power, and opened

400-670: A team of racing cars, led by driver Lewis Strang until he died in 1911. Around 1912, they named a car after Jay-Eye-See, driven by Louis Disbrow . One of the largest at the time, it had a 290-horsepower engine, and a streamlined shape that looked like an upside-down canoe . A popular, easy to read biography of Case in the context of his company and his times is Stewart H. Holbrook, Machines of Plenty, Pioneering in American Agriculture (New York: Macmillan, 1955). Jerome I. Case High School , located in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin ,

450-627: A wholly owned subsidiary in 1970, was often called by the simple brand name Case . In 1984, Tenneco bought International Harvester's agricultural equipment division and merged it into Case, and the farm equipment brands were combined as Case IH , although the corporation legally remained the J. I. Case Company. It continued as such until 1994, when Tenneco divested it as the Case Equipment Corporation . Case Equipment became Case Corporation and later Case LLC . In 1999, Case LLC merged with New Holland Agriculture to form CNH Global ,

500-441: A year before the comeback of his favorite horse. His widow, born August 6, 1826, died December 9, 1909. They had four children live to adulthood: one son and three daughters. Henrietta Case was born March 3, 1858, and married Percival Strong Fuller (1858–1896). Jessie Fremont Case was born April 17, 1861, and married Mitchell Wallis. Amanda Case was born October 1, 1862, and married Jonathan James Crooks of San Francisco. Following in

550-465: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Case Corporation Case's corporate entities and brands changed repeatedly in the 1980s and 1990s. When its corporate parent, Tenneco , bought International Harvester 's agricultural equipment division and merged it into Case, the J. I. Case Company continued, but it began using the Case IH brand. In

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600-501: Is how he likely became familiar with the area. He became a good friend of William Robbins, the founder of Hinsdale, and hired his son, John S. Robbins, as manager for his plow manufacturing plant in Racine. On Case's property in Hinsdale, he planned a fine "villa" which never came to be. Along with it, he was going to have horse barns and a racing track. In 1872, the "J. I. Case's Addition to

650-588: Is in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C. Case won first place at the 1878 Paris Exposition in France for his thresher . This was the first thresher sent abroad by the Case company and was the first of thousands which would later be exported internationally. It is at this time that Case created his first self-propelled traction engine , with a drive mechanism on one of his portable engines. Meanwhile, in 1871

700-502: Is named in his honor. It is in what is now suburban Racine, near the site of his farm. Most of Hickory Grove Farm is now developed, except for a small open space at 42°41′56″N 87°48′02″W  /  42.69889°N 87.80056°W  / 42.69889; -87.80056  ( Case-Harmon Field ) named Case-Harmon Field. Jay-Eye-See Avenue at 42°42′18″N 87°48′11″W  /  42.70500°N 87.80306°W  / 42.70500; -87.80306  ( Jay-Eye-See Avenue )

750-755: The New York Times . Jay-Eye-See was inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 1990 and the Wisconsin Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 1996. Case also owned some Great Lakes ships, a winter home in California, a ranch in Texas , and a stock farm in Kentucky . In 1849 he married Lydia Ann Bull, daughter of DeGrove Bull of Yorkville, Wisconsin . He died on December 22, 1891, in Racine, less than

800-650: The American Tractor Corporation (ATC). ATC was founded in 1950 and was a producer of small crawler tractors. Their production of dozers (marketed as Terradozers) and development of an integrated backhoe was of particular interest to Case. Case dropped the ATC name in 1959 only retaining the Terratrac name for the drive trains. This led to a hybrid tractor being rolled out of the Burlington Plant in 1957. This model,

850-580: The Great Chicago Fire destroyed the McCormick factory. Despite Case's offer to help McCormick with the manufacturing of their machines, McCormick Company refused the offer and a new facility, called the McCormick Works was built, in southwest Chicago. The McCormick company introduced the first of many twine binder machines in 1881, leading to the so-called "Harvester Wars" that gained the attention of

900-580: The Wisconsin State Senate in 1865 and 1866 . He also raised champion race horses. Jerome Increase Case was born December 11, 1819, in Williamstown in Oswego County, New York . His father was Caleb Case (1787–1874) and mother Deborah Jackson (1789–1833). He was one of seven children. Through his mother he claimed to be related to Andrew Jackson . His father sold some primitive "ground hog" machines (imported from England) that helped speed up

950-422: The 1990s it changed names several more times (each name including "Case") before its merger into CNH Global ended its history as a distinct entity. Various CNH brands continue to make use of the Case name, such as Case CE and Case IH. Founded by Jerome I. Case in 1842 as the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company, the company operated under that name for most of a century, until 1928. In some of its advertisements

1000-522: The 320 Construction King, would become synonymous in the United States to the name backhoe loader . Since then Case has released other models such as the T-Series which includes the 580T, 580ST, 590ST and 695ST. In 1998, a jury awarded a construction worker over $ 17million in damages after a defect in the design of the 580 backhoe led to him being crushed and being paralyzed from the waist down while operating

1050-641: The Case Jay-Eye-See Brougham (named for Case's horse ) and Case Touring-Y. Case evolved as World War II arrived by becoming involved in the manufacturing of shells for the United States and allied forces military, as well as airplane parts for the B-26s , bombs, and doors for the Sherman Tank . Three new plants were opened across the United States during that year, and, in 1942, the company produced its first self-propelled combine. That same year, Case released

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1100-470: The Case brand name until 1987. In 1984, Case parent Tenneco bought selected assets of the International Harvester agriculture division and merged it with J. I. Case. All agriculture products are first labeled Case International and later Case IH . They used the 94 Series Case Utility, two- and four wheel drives for Case IH's first tractor together as a company. The first tractor developed by

1150-553: The Racine County Agricultural Society. Some time in the 1870s he had one of the rare two-story houses built on Main Street in Racine. By the time that Case bought land in what would be the future Hinsdale, Illinois in 1869, his name was well known throughout the country. In his early days, he traveled throughout Illinois , Indiana , Iowa , and Wisconsin to sell, deliver, service, and collect his machines, which

1200-603: The Racine Threshing Machine Works. In 1863, Case partnered with three of his top employees, Massena Erskine , Robert Baker and Stephen Bull . Case was also involved in politics and horseracing. Over time, the company grew. J. I. Case introduced an eagle logo for the first time in 1865 based on Old Abe , a Wisconsin Civil War Regiment's mascot. Case constructed his first portable steam engine in 1869, an engine used to power wheat threshers. This engine

1250-546: The Russian market. In 1904, Case introduced the first all-steel thresher machine. Case sold their first gasoline tractor that year, and established a continuous presence in Europe when the company won the first place in a plowing contest held in the so-called "old continent". Case at this time developed a wide line of products: threshers, binders, graders, water tanks, plows, buggies, and even automobiles. The advent of oil engines by

1300-569: The Town of Hinsdale" was filed and approved in DuPage County . In 1885, Case subdivided his large property in Hinsdale and moved back to Wisconsin. As he turned over the business to other partners, he spent more time on breeding race horses on his Hickory Grove Farm. Harness racing was the sport of choice among the wealthy in the 1880s. One of his favorite horses was named Jay-Eye-See , a pun on Case's initials. The black gelding , foaled in 1878, broke

1350-530: The company's first cotton picker , which is currently preserved by the Smithsonian society. A protracted 440-day strike in Wisconsin of the Case factory weakened the company. 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. In 1957, Case bought out

1400-463: The farm industry during the 1880s. In 1884, Case made a visit to a farm named after him in Minnesota upon receiving news that one of his thresher machines was not working. Infuriated by the fact that he could not fix the machine himself, he set it ablaze the next day, and sent the owner a brand new thresher machine upon return to Wisconsin. In 1890, the Case Company expanded to South America, opening

1450-577: The footsteps of her horse-loving father, in 1926 she was instrumental in the survival and then success of the Pendleton Round-Up, the huge and still thriving Pendleton, Oregon rodeo. Jackson Irving Case was born October 23, 1865, married Henrietta May Roy on May 25, 1886, and had four sons. He was elected mayor of Racine when he was only 26, but died January 8, 1903, before he was 38. Three other children died young. The family continued its interest in racing, but times had changed. The company sponsored

1500-401: The gas tractors were painted grey. In 1939, Case changed its color scheme to Flambeau Red, with the excavators being a ruddy yellow. By 1929, Case had expanded to Australia, Mexico, Sweden, and other countries. Also that year, the J. I. Case Company produced its first crawler tractor. S and V tractors were introduced in 1940. Automobiles produced by Case during the period 1911-1925/1927 include:

1550-536: The machine. In 1961, Case Corporation signed a deal with RyCSA and Metalúrgica Tandil (in Buenos Aires), to make Case tractors and agricultural implements under licence in Argentina. The models built were the 830 and the 831, made until 1964 when RyCSA closed down. 1964 brought the acquisition of Colt Garden Tractors . This was the first garden tractor powered by 'Hy-Drive", a form of hydraulic propulsion that allowed for various heavy duty attachments and eliminated

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1600-682: The merger, CNH was forced to release its production plants in Doncaster , England and Winnipeg , Manitoba, Canada. The Doncaster site was bought by the ARGO-group, owner of tractor builder Landini , and brought back the McCormick brand. The plant in Winnipeg was taken over by the Buhler family to start Buhler Tractors. In Europe the merger with New Holland (including the former Fordson and Fiat tractor lines)

1650-506: The mile trotting record of 2:10 at Narragansett Park in 1884. After winning many other races, the horse was injured and retired in August 1889. It is believed by some, but has not been proven, that the racehorse was born on a farm near Hinsdale. However, Jay-Eye-See was retrained by Edwin D. Blither to race with a new gait, and three years later set a pacing record of 2:06.25 in 1892 at Independence, Iowa . Both records were quickly broken;

1700-453: The name was styled J. I. Case T. M. Co. for short. Another business founded by Jerome I. Case, the J. I. Case Plow Works, was an independent business. When the Plow Works was bought by Massey-Harris in 1928, the latter sold the name rights to the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company, which reincorporated as the J. I. Case Company. That company, which became majority-owned by Tenneco in 1967 and

1750-592: The need for transaxle drive belts. The Kern County Land Company, using oil money, bought the Case Company. In turn Kern County sold Case to Tenneco Company of Texas. In 1972, Case bought the British tractor builder David Brown Ltd. In 1974, Case acquired most of the French construction equipment firm, Poclain . In 1983, during purchase of International Harvester assets, Case sold its garden tractor division to Ingersoll Power Equipment . Ingersoll tractors would continue to carry

1800-579: The new corporation was the Magnum. Introduced in 1987, the Magnum began production and the 94 series line was dropped. When Case IH bought out Steiger in 1986 they also continued the Steiger branding, and still do today. In 1996, Austrian tractor builder Steyr Tractor was purchased. The Case Corporation joined with New Holland N.V. to become CNH (Case-New Holland), now CNH Industrial , in November 1999. Because of

1850-458: The new model was not ready for the 1843 harvest. By May 1844 the new model which did a better job of fully separating the grain was working. Since Rochester did not have water power available, he moved to Racine, Wisconsin . He first manufactured the machines in a small shop in Racine, and then built a three-story brick factory in 1847 on the Root River . A new vibrator process introduced in 1852

1900-487: The plowing 75 and 80 HP sizes. Case also made the large 110 HP breaking engines with its notable two-story cab. Nine massive 150 HP hauling engines were made, in addition to steam rollers . Case engines were noted for their use of Woolf valve gear, feedwater heaters , and the iconic "eagle" smokebox covers. Case had built a total of 36,000 steamers by the time it switched to gas tractors in 1927. By 1902, five major American agricultural manufacturing companies decided that

1950-451: The revised Steyr tractor styling. These styling themes continue to this day. Jerome Case Jerome Increase Case (December 11, 1819 – December 22, 1891) was an early American manufacturer of threshing machines . He founded the J. I. Case Company which has gone through many mergers and name changes to today's Case Corporation . He served three terms as mayor of Racine, Wisconsin , and represented Racine County in

2000-410: The separation of grain after it was harvested. In 1840, Jerome started a small business threshing his neighbors' crops with the horse-powered devices. In the summer of 1842, he bought six of the machines on credit and traveled first to Chicago by ship. On his way north to Rochester, Wisconsin he sold five and kept one for his own business. Through the winter he worked on improvements to the thresher, but

2050-479: The start of the American Civil War , farmers would often walk away from their debts to enlist, sometimes not returning. The labor shortage combined with increased demand for food (with no imports from the south) resulted in a growing business in the 1860s. Massena B. Erskine, Robert H. Baker , and Stephen Bull (his brother-in-law) became partners when J. I. Case Company was officially organized in 1863. Case

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2100-563: The start of the 20th century, suggested a change on the horizon. From Froelich 's first tractors to Hart-Parr products, oil tractors seemed the way ahead. Case hired Joe Jagersberger , and he tested a motor by racing in the 1911 Indianapolis 500 . Case began production of the 30-60 oil engine in 1912. Case also produced kerosene tractors in the teen years, similar to the Rumely oil pulls. During World War I, Case's sales and demand grew dramatically in Europe. These increases were directly connected to

2150-435: The tractor business with his Fordson Tractor produced at the massive Rouge River plant . An economic downturn during the early 1920s dampened tractor sales; price-cutting to stimulate demand sparked a price war in the tractor industry (called the tractor war ). Ford, with a massive advantage in manufacturing capacity and distribution, had the upper hand, producing an estimated 73 percent of all American tractors, with IHC in

2200-458: The trotting mark on the next day, and the pacing mark in a subsequent heat of the same race. However, the feat of two records was unique enough that the horse became a celebrity. Currier and Ives did a series of prints and the horse's image was used to advertise products by the Case company for years. The horse outlived Case and died in 1909 at the age of 31. The horse "known the country over" had its obituary printed in national newspapers such as

2250-474: The war; as many farm laborers became soldiers, each remaining farmer needed to become more productive, and machinery was the way to make this happen. In 1919, John Deere entered the harvester business, and International Harvester's reply to their new competition was to purchase P&O Plowing of Canton, Illinois, and the Chattanooga Plowing company of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Henry Ford also entered

2300-643: Was an early investor in the Northwestern Life Insurance Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin . In 1876 he started another company to make plows, licensing the "center draft" technology from Ebenezer G. Whiting. Initially called Case, Whitney & Company, when he became sole owner in 1878 it became the J. I. Case Plow Company, and J. I. Case Plow Works in 1884. He was a founder of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, and president of

2350-540: Was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate in 1865 and served one two-year term. Also in 1865 he happened to meet up with a company of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment returning from the war. He adopted the mascot of the regiment, an eagle named Old Abe , as company symbol. In 1871 he was a founder of Manufacturers' National Bank of Racine and the First National Bank of Burlington. He

2400-505: Was named for his horse, a block away from Case Avenue which intersects Jerome Boulevard. A planned marble monument to Jay Eye See was never erected, and the horse's grave site neglected for almost a century. After a developer planned to build a parking lot over the suspected grave, local historians located and removed the bones in July 1997. The remains were proposed to be re-interred in the Case family mausoleum at Mound Cemetery. However, by 2003

2450-531: Was so successful he was selling throughout Illinois , Indiana , and Ohio by 1853. By 1855 the plant covered several acres, including a private boat dock on Lake Michigan . In 1856 he was elected mayor of Racine, declined the re-nomination the next year, but was elected again in 1858 and 1860. He often financed the machines with high interest rates. This worked until the panic of 1857 and unreliable state-issued paper money caused many customers to default. Case accepted animals, supplies, and land instead of cash. At

2500-547: Was the success Case IH expected. In 2006, Case IH came with a plan to bring back the "International" feel to their products. They brought back the old International Harvester logo, and made more technical difference between the two brands. Montgomery Design International redid the industrial design and styling of the MAGNUM and several other new Case IH products as well as the New Holland "Cat's Eye" styling on all New Holland tractors and

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