3500BC-invention of the wheel 1606-Ayanz Beaumont Patents the first steam engine 1698-Thomas Savery Patents the steam pump 1781-James Watt patents the first Steam Engine to provide continuous rotary motion 1837-John Deere Sculpts a his first plow from a saw blade 1842-Jerome Case founds Racine Threshing Machine in Racine, WI 1844-J.I. Case Threshing Machine Company was Founded 1844-Charles Goodyear invents Vulcanized Rubber 1847-Cyrus McCormick Found McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. 1848-Begining of the Deere, Tate & Gould Company. Mass production of plows begins 1863-Deere builds it first Riding Cultivator 1869-Case Begins manufacturing Steam engines 1887-First Gasoline Engine 1876-Case builds the first self-propelled steam plow 1885-Rudolf Diesel Begins development of the first diesel engine 1892-John Deere produces Bicycles 1892-John Froelich Mounts a Gasoline engine on a Robinson Chassis and uses it for harvest in South Dakota 1903-Ford Motor Company is Founded 1907-Henery Ford produces his first Automobile Plow (Term before "Tractor") 1908-First 4 Wheel Tractor 1917-Fordson Model "T" 20 hp four cylinder 3 speed 1923-Harry Ferguson Applies for a patent for the 3 point hitch 1923-John Deere Model "D" Two cylinder Tractor-Beginning of the Green and Yellow glory Colors 1925-John Deere Model "GP 1929-Ford Model "N" 1936-International Harvester begins the Red #50 color revolution 1938-Harry Ferguson and Henry Ford Produce the 9n Tractor, 28 hp 1942-2N Ford Tractor 1943-International Harvester Creates the first successful cotton picker 1947-8N Tractor 1947-John Deere Model "M" 1953-Ford released the Golden Jubilee 1963-John Deere begins producing Lawn and Garden equipment 1977-Case launches the Axial Flow Combine 1985-Case and McCormick partner and become Case IH 1996-Steigher Quadtrac Tractor is introduced 2009-New Holland Restyles the Boomer 3050 to resurrect the 8N 2013-Jeff King begins the revolutionary design of the Extreme Series Grapple and Commercial Series Snowplows |