J.P. Morgan formed International Harvester in 1902when he purchased the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company and Deering Harvester Company, along with three smaller agricultural equipment firms: Milwaukee; Plano; and Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner (manufacturers of Champion brand).
International Harvester sold off its Agricultural division in 1985. Case IH was formed when the Agricultural Division
merged with J.I. Case.