A Corporate Tragedy by Barbara Marsh was published in 1985, the same year the Case IH merger was finalized. (Photo by Harry Boll/Quad-City Times)įast forward. The Farmall Works entrance in 1984 at the time the announcement came that the Rock Island Plant was to be plant was to be closed. To this day, it is the largest number of any model farm tractor ever built. Between 19, the company built 391,730 of just one model, the Farmall H. The Farmall continued to be a huge success. By 1932, the number produced had totaled 134,954, as the Farmall series forever changed the way farmers raised row crops. 1923 - The First Farmall tractors were built, and in 1924, 205 were sold at a price of $825.Early tractors, however, were drawing the most attention. ![]() During the early 1900s, husker-shredders, beet harvesters and many more new innovations were brought to market. The newly-formed conglomerate offered a larger variety of farm machines.
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