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crew to haul fuel and water.


Trends in automotive production also influenced tractor styling. By 1939 the sheet metal of most new tractors was given streamlined styling and brightly colored paint schemes. Steel rimmed wheels were replaced by pneu- matic tires.


The manpower shortage during


World War II furthered the demand for greater mechanization on the farm, right at a time when tractor manufac- turing lines were switched over to war production. The Case South Works in Racine produced airfield tractors, shell casings and B-26 wings.


Most farmers had replaced their draft animals with gasoline tractors by the mid-1950’s,


and horses were


slaughtered by the millions. The meat was canned and sent to feed people in post-war Europe. Tractors continued to grow in size to keep up with changes in agricultural production practices. Beginning in the 1970’s some four-wheel drive tractors grew to enormous proportions. New safe- ty regulations finally brought enclosed cab protection to farmers from noise, ex- haust, dust, the elements, roll-over and fatigue, and technological advances con- tinue with some of the latest tractors us- ing GPS technology to guide them in the fields. J.I Case has been part of this evo- lution in international agri-business technology for well over a century.


The J. I. Case South Works The J.I. Case South Works (also lo- called


cally the Tractor Works, or


Clausen Works) was built three miles south of downtown Racine, Wisconsin, solely for the production of internal combustion tractors. A foundry was built in 1910, and the assembly plant was constructed in 1913. At that time, the company was still producing their very popular line of steam tractors,


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