Deere & McCormick

By R Collins

  • John Deere is born

  • Cyrus McCormick is born

  • John gets married

  • Cyrus invents the reaper

  • Cyrus receives 1st patent

  • John invents steel plow

  • John manufactures 2,136 plows

  • Cyrus manufactures 1,000 reapers

  • John manufactures 10,000 plows

  • Cyrus manufactures 23,000 reapers

  • Cyrus gets married

  • John receives 1st patent

  • John's company becomes Deere & Co.

  • Cyrus dies

  • John dies

  • Cyrus' company becomes International Harvester