John+Deere

John Deere​

Founder John was born in Rutland, Vermont, on February 7,1804, and raised in nearby Middlebury. He was just 4 years old when his father was lost at sea, leaving his mother, Sarah Deere, to raise John and his five brothers and sisters. Due to his family’s near poverty lifestyle, John received no more than the simplest of education. ​ Steel Plow John Deere was a failed blacksmith when he created his first steel plow. He needed money for his poor family and was getting deeper into debt when his idea saved him and his family. The steel plow made farming the Midwest possible. Thanks to John Deere farmers could easily buy steel plows, saving time of the farmers and money for customers buying crops from farmers. The steel plow helped revolutionize the agriculture for the first time people could plow fields with a sturdy steel plow other than a wooden one which could easily break and do a sloppier job then the steel one could do. The harder ground in the Midwest made it very had to farm there. The steel plow helped farmers populate the Midwest by making farming profitable. Thanks to John Deere more people moved to the Midwest and helped start manifest destiny. The John Deere was able to make a simple idea and turn it into a profitable company.

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