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The Revolution of John Deere's Steel Plow
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The Invention of Steel Plow
John Deere saw that the current cast iron and wooden plow were in effective and hurting the Agriculture industry. The soil of the Mid-West was so rich that normal plows could'nt manage it properly. John Deere made one from an old saw blade that he tested until he thought it was perfect. John Deere then patend the plow and be gan expanding. -
Deere & Company
After the first plows were sold, word got around about Deere's new invention and so did word about his earnings. He simply could not keep up with requests so he started Deere and Co. and by the end of 1841 they were making 1000 plows a year. -
Moving to Moline
Deere moved his company to Illinois increasing production and profits from 1000 to 10,000 plows per year. -
Gilpin Riding plow
Deere didn't change the basic design significantly until 1875 when he introduced the Gilpin sulky plow, the company's first riding plow. There were other riding plows on the market, but Deere's two-wheeled sulky soon became one of the most popular. -
Gang Plow
Jonh Deere came out with the Riding Gang Plow. With six good horses on hills, or four good horses on level land, six acres per day could be plowed. It was universally used for the next thirty years -
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Co
In 1918, Deere & Company, purchased the Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company for $2,200,000. Deere & Company had been anxious to enter the growing tractor market, but its own initial designs had proved unsuccessful. Executives at Deere & Company decided to purchase the Waterloo Gasoline Engine Co. because field tests indicated that the Waterloo Boy tractor had the best performance. After the sale was completed, the company became known as the John Deere Tractor Company, -
Modle A: John Deere General Purpose
John Deere's forst tractor model that will lead to multi row plows to be pulled by tractors. -
Today
Today framers can plow, plnt, in put nutrients into the soil all with one machine pulled by a tractor. Thank you John Deere.
