John Deere

Did you ever take the time to really think about where things come from and who invented them? Well in this report I am going to tell you who invented something amazing. That thing is the steel plow and John Deere invented it.

In the year of 1804 in Rutland , Vermont a boy named John Deere was born. Deere had a couple of early jobs, but he was always interested in the blacksmiths in his neighborhood. In the year 1821 Deere was hired as a blacksmith. After his first year people began to notice his work. Deere was always making little things out of leftover metals. In 1829 Deere built his own business in Leicester.

In 1837, after many years of studying, Deere invented the first steel plow that turned American prairie sod. Deere became one of the worlds greatest plow makers. In 1837 he opened a blacksmith shop in Grand Detour, ILL. He learned that the farmers were not happy with their plows because the sod got stuck. Deere built a hard moldboard out of saw material in 1837 which worked better. He worked with his partner Leonard Andruss. Within 10 years Deere and Andruss were producing 1000 plows yearly.

In 1846 Deere started a new company in Moline, ILL. In 1857 he was making 10,000 plows yearly. In 1868 the company was incorporated as Deere and Company. His company ranks one of the largest industrial corporation companies in the United States. In 1886 John Deere died.

Even though we don't use the plow in our own homes it is still a very important invention to some people. We were lucky enough to have a wonderful person like John Deere to have made the plow a lot easier to use.

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