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John Deere (February 7, 1804 – May 17,
1886) was an American blacksmith and manufacturer who
founded Deere & Company, one of the largest and leading
agricultural and construction equipment manufacturers in the
world. Born in Rutland, Vermont, Deere moved to Illinois and
invented the first commercially successful steel plow in
1837.
In 1837, Deere developed and manufactured the first
commercially successful cast-steel plow. The wrought-iron
framed plow had a polished steel share. This made it ideal
for the tough soil of the Midwest and worked better than
other plows. By early 1838, Deere completed his first steel
plow and sold it to a local farmer, Lewis Crandall, who
quickly spread word of his success with Deere's plow.
Subsequently two neighbors soon placed orders with Deere. By
1841, Deere was manufacturing 75-100 plows per year.
In 1843, Deere partnered with Leonard Andrus to produce more
plows to keep up with demand. However, the partnership
became strained due to the two men's stubbornness - while
Deere wished to sell to customers outside Grand Detour,
Andrus opposed a proposed railroad through Grand Detour -
and Deere's distrust of Andrus' accounting practices. In
1848, Deere dissolved the partnership with Andrus and moved
to Moline, Illinois, because the city was a transportation
hub on the Mississippi River. By 1855, Deere's factory sold
more than 10,000 such plows. It became known as "The Plow
that Broke the Plains" and is commemorated as such in a
historic place marker in Vermont.
This DVD-ROM disk contains several biographical publications
about John Deere as well as late 1800 and early 1900 company
brochures, catalogs, and even some parts list of every early
Deere equipment. No collection of vintage Deere
memorabilia is complete without this DVD. This collection on
DVD, contains 50 publications
in PDF format.
Please note that this collection contains scans of old books and
magazines, some
of which were in poor condition before being rescued and digitized for
posterity. This means that you may see some pages with creases
and tears that show up in the scans.
Publications List:
1886 Farm Implements,
by John Thomas, 326 pages
1896 John Deere Farm Implements, 356 pages
1921 John Deere Catalog J, 385 pages
1928 John Deere Quality Farm Equipment Catalog, 54 pages
A Treatise on Cranes, 1883, by Henry Towne, 211 pages
Equipment for the Farm and the Farmstead, 1917, by Harry
C. Ramsower, 547 pages
Farm and Garden Tractors, How to Buy, Run, Repair and Take Care of them,
1920, by A. Frederick Collins, 301 pages
Farm Equipment Welding Plans, 1958, 97 pages
Farm Implements and Farm Machinery, 1886, by John J.
Thomas, 329 pages
Farm Implements, 1107 pages
Farm Machinery and Farm Motors, 1908, by Davidson and
Chase, 530 pages
Farm Mechanics, 1918, by Herbert Shearer, 257 pages
Farm Mechanics from Tank or Truck to Tractor to the Disabled,
20 pages
Ford Tractor Post Hole Digger Attachment Series 903 Manual,
4 pages
Gasoline Tractors, A Practical Presentation of Tractor Problems, by
Charles Hayward, 194 pages
Ihc Titan Gasoline Tractor Single Cylinder, 20, And 25-horse,
10 pages
Instruction Booknumber 250 E.b 12-20 Model AA Tractor, 57
pages
John Deere 520 620 720 Tractors, 32 pages.
John Deere A, AW, B, D brochures, 4 pages
John Deere Centennial Book, 114 pages
John Deere Four Row Tractor Corn Planter 490, 1946, 92
pages
John Deere General Purpose Brochure, 35 pages
John Deere History, He Gave the World the Steel Plow, by
Neil Clark, 65 pages
John Deere M10 Series Tractor Cultivator, 1947, 24 pages
John Deere Model 60 Parts Catalog, 270 pages
John Deere Model D Parts Catalog, 96 pages
John Deere Model D Tractor, 22 pages
John Deere Model MT, 32 pages
John Deere Modern Farming Catalog, 16 pages
Massey Harris High-grade Farm Machinery Catalog, 109
pages
Model D, 1938, 22 pages
P&O Traction Engine Plows Sold by International Harvester,
39 pages
Star Tilling and Cultivating Implements Parts Manual, 1950,
28 pages
The Design of a Tractor for General Farm and Road Work, 1917,
94 pages
The Farm Implement Industry, 1902, by Watson Griffin, 20
pages
The Horse and the Tractor an Economic Study of Their Use On Farms,
61 pages
The Influence of Farm Machinery on Production and Labor,
1904, 115 pages
The Light Farm Tractor Solves the Farm Labor Problem, 26
pages
The Modern Gas Tractor, Its Construction, Utility, Operation,
by Victor Page, 550 pages
The Operation Care and Repair of Farm Machinery 15th Edition,
134 pages
The Operation Care and Repair of Farm Machinery 19th Edition,
267 pages
The Tractor and Its Influence Upon the Agricultural Industry,
by Barton Currie, 242 pages
Tractor Engines, 1920, by EF Hallock, 248 pages
Tractor Principles, The Action, Mechanism, Handling, Care,
1920, by Roger Whitman, 285 pages
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