A Closed Case Traditional Cache
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Jerome Increase Case (1819–1891) was born to a Williamstown, New York farming family. 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. In 1831, the first reaper machine was demonstrated at Steele's Tavern, Virginia, by Cyrus Hall McCormick about the same time.
Case took small, hand-powered threshing machines from to Wisconsin in 1842, where he improved the machine and established a company to manufacture them. In 1843, Case moved to Racine, Wisconsin, in order to have better access to water and opened Racine Threshing Machine Works. In 1863, Case partnered with three other farmers, Massena Erskine, Robert Baker and Stephen Bull.
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 the gas tractors were painted grey. Later in the twentieth century, Case changed its color scheme to orange, 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.
Case evolved as World War II arrived, 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.
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 Corporation joined with New Holland N.V. to become CNH, now CNH Global, in November 1999.
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