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Cast-Iron Plows wouldn't work
There
was much to be done - shoeing horses and oxen, and repairing
the plows and other equipment for the pioneer
farmers. From them he learned of the serious problem they
encountered in trying to farm the fertile soil of the
Midwest.
The cast-iron plows they had brought with them from
the East were designed for the light, sandy New England soil.
The rich Midwestern soil clung to the plow bottoms and every
few steps it was necessary to scrape the soil from the plow.
Plowing was a slow and laborious task. Many pioneers were
discouraged and were considering moving on, or heading back
east.
John Deere
studied the problem and became convinced that a plow with a
highly polished and properly shaped moldboard and share ought
to scour itself as it turned the furrow slice. He fashioned
such a plow in 1837, using the steel from a broken saw blade,
and successfully tested it on the farm of Lewis Crandall near
Grand Detour! Steel
Plow met Prairie needs!
Deere's
steel plow proved to be the answer pioneer farmers needed for
successful farming in what was then "the West." But
his contribution to the growth of American agriculture far
exceeded just the development of a successful steel plow.
It
was the practice of that day for blacksmiths to build tools
on order for customers. But John Deere
went into the business of manufacturing plows before he
had orders for them. He would produce a supply of plows and
then take them to the country to be sold - an entirely new
approach to manufacturing and selling in those early pioneer
days, and one that quickly spread the word of John Deere's
"self-polishers"!
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LITERATURE/CATALOGUES
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THE ARCHITECT'S CORNER - Useful Instruments for
professionals
"It's the Bible of Wrought Iron!" says our friends
from Industria Italiana Arteferro!. "The
Golden Age of Ironwork" goes back to the early
'30s and to the work of Samuel Yellin, the greatest blacksmith
ever! Click
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 Metal: Design & Fabrication
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* Gold for the mistress, silver for the maid - Copper for
the craftsman, cunning at his trade. 'Good' said the Baron,
sitting in his hall, 'But iron - cold iron - is master of them
all'.
-Rewards and Fairies Rudyard Kipling
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