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NOTE: I use this page to rework sections of articles and finish researching/writing articles and preview them before posting them in the actual article. ^{Star revision Revison 2} (Notes: IH sold its Ag division in November 1984, last tractor produced at Farmall Works in May 1985; remains became Navistar in 1986)

citations for books used

Leffingwell, Randy (2005). Farmall Eight Decades of Innovation. St. Paul, MN: MBI Publishing. ISBN 0-7603-2136-1.

Wendel, Charles (2004). 150 Years of International Harvester. Lola, WI: Krause Publications. ISBN 0-87349-928-X.

The first eight decades

By 1911 IHC, which had bought out and merged more smaller businesses and was now in the process of completing a new tractor assembly building next to the McCormick Works, had growing competition. There were over 50 companies that had produced, or had planned to produce, tractors by this time, but none had the edge of IHC.

In 1912, a suit was filled by the justice department against IHC. The suit alleged that IHC had "monopolized" the harvester market. IHC appealed the verdict but as the case came to an end, the U.S. entered WWI. IHC lost factories over seaes due to various war related causes, and in 1918 IHC, which had operated McCormick and Deering dealerships (sometimes one of each in town), had to agree to operate only one dealership in each town as part of its settlement with the government.

business, inside problems, technology/design factors