A century of IH farm equipment. (FYI News & Notes).Case IH IH - International Harvester IH - Interstate Highway IH - Icelandic Horse IH - Idiopathic Hyperventilation IH - Immersion Heater IH - Improved Hawk IH - In-House IH - Incredible Hulk (comic character) IH - Independent Holder (classified documents/material) IH - Indian Hills (College in Iowa) IH - Induction Heating IH - Industrial Hygienist/Hygiene IH - Inert Head IH - Infectious Hepatitis is celebrating the anniversary of the formation of an important cornerstone in its foundation--the International Harvester harvester, farm machine that mechanically harvests a crop. Small-grain harvesting has been mechanized to a certain extent since early times. In the modern period the first harvester to gain general acceptance was made by Cyrus McCormick in 1831 (see reaper reaper - A prowler that GFRs files. A file removed in this way is said to have been "reaped".). More recently the combine has been developed for small-grain harvesting. Company. When formed in 1902, the International Harvester name showcased the company's "international scope," a tradition established with Cyrus McCormick's first reaper sale to Austria in 1850. "The signature red paint you see on all Case IH equipment today is only one of many links to our proud past," says Jim Irwin, vice president of the Case IH North American agricultural business. "The legacies first created by Cyrus McCormick and Jerome Increase Case, and strengthened in the generations that followed, still define Case IH today." |
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