First steel plow

• First steel plow

Kin yew spel sum betur nexht tahm yew post?!?

Dang! Ah shur ahm imprest width ur larnin'

Ah shur wahl lissun too yew rill close nest tahm 'cause yew ar sher tellergent!

Put your tooth back in and go home.....

Don't let an idiot get you so riled-up next time...however, there are a lot of great farmers and folks on here that can not spell or articulate their thoughts without fault.

Never argue with an idiot, they will bring you down to their level and beat you everytime, or make you do something you would not normally...

good luck my friend,
tom

There is one site that a 6th grader put together that does make the claim that John Deere did invent the steel plow, however, most of the participants in this John Deere forum are astute enough to understand the distinction. Some visitors to this site who enjoy the merits of other tractors are understandably less informed.

I also found this on the John Deere website: History FAQs

"Did John Deere build the first steel plow?
Yes and no. By the early 1830s, many blacksmiths were experimenting with ways to incorporate steel into plows. While John Deere probably shares the invention of the steel plow with other blacksmiths, he was the first to successfully commercially manufacture such a plow."

So there you pretty much have the company refuting the claim also. It seems as though the idea that John Deere invented the steel plow is only the perception of an uniformed minority.

One interesting thing I found out is that the idea of a cast iron plow was around for years before it was used....the farmers thought the iron would "poison" the soil!

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(In>Link his blacksmith shop located on this lot, John Deere made the first successful steel plow in 1837. In contrast to previous models, Deere's plow, with its steel share and carefully shaped mold board, turned the sticky black earth polishing itself clean and thus helped open the vast rich prairies to agricultural development)

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(Deere>Link & Company’s plow history began back in 1837 when John Deere, the blacksmith of Grand Detour, Illinois, spotted a broken sawmill blade and had a "Eureka!" moment. What he saw in that shiny piece of steel was the answer to local farmers’ plowing problems.

While John Deere was not the first to build a plow, many Midwestern prairie farmers believed the blacksmith’s design was by far the best.

That’s because traditional cast-iron plow designs did not work well in these sticky soils. A new design was desperately needed and John Deere discovered it — a steel moldboard that scoured the sticky earth and polished itself at the same time!)

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(A>Link steel plow built for the prairies
This steel plow was John Deere's answer to the heavy, sticky soils of the American prairies. Deere was a Vermont blacksmith who, in the mid-1830s, headed west and eventually settled in Grand Detour, IL. There, he found that the wood and cast-iron plow that was used in the eastern United States was not suited to the Midwest. Deere began experimenting. In 1836, he invented the first steel plow that could till prairie soil without clogging.)

CasePower, I did as you said & this is what I come up with. The closest thing I see to your claim is This last web site that says (In 1836, he invented the first steel plow that could till prairie soil without clogging.)

They way I see it is the only person claiming that Deere invented the first steel plow is YOU!!!

It is not something we will be able to resolve on this site!

Just how many Lane tractors does Casepower own?

Must have a been famous only in a small area.....

You're just ticked off because Cases are now red, the color of the ink that both companies had on their books when they merged.....

Let the JD guys have their place and you stay at yours.

Is that so difficult?

Try to get parts for some of the early Same built Agcos. I spent my time in the dealership. Allis Chalmers, Deutz Allis, and then Agco....experienced this 1st hand.

Secondly, do you have any idea how many of the deere tractors that are built in other countries??? Japan, China, Germany, and with parts from all over the world!!! You are liveing in the past if you think deere is building many American tractors these days!

How about the latest Deere big dozers??? Do you know who "builds them" for deere??? And how about those Hatiachi/deere excavators???

Do you really think deere builds all there own tools? (tillage ect..) They paint Howard tillers (rotavators) green, and sell them for several hundred dollars "more" than you can buy the same model Howard for!!! Best part is, Howard keeps the good models for them selves!!

NO ONE has a full like of American built tractors, or tools!!

Robert

Try to get parts for some of the early Same built Agcos. I spent my time in the dealership. Allis Chalmers, Deutz Allis, and then Agco....experienced this 1st hand.

HOW LONG HAS JD BEEN IT'S OWN COMPANY WITHOUT BEING SOLD OUT TO ANOTHER???? THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY COMPETETIVE OR THE STOCKHOLDERS WOULD HAVE LEFT THEM FOR DEAD LONG AGO.....MONEY IS THE ONLY THING THAT TALKS!

plowboy