GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -John Deere was a blacksmith who developed the first commercially successful, self-scouring steel plow in 1837 and founded the company that still bears his name.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dating back to 4, 000 B.C., the first plows were basically pointed sticks that were pulled through the soil. Very few improvements were made to the plow over the centuries, but in 1837 the polished steel plow became a turning point for farming.

Detailed explanation-3: -Steel could shed, or scour, the sticky black prairie soil. Another Illinoisan blacksmith, John Lane, is credited as among the first inventors of the steel plow in 1833.

Detailed explanation-4: -On February 21, 1865 John Deere (blacksmith) received a patent for ploughs. He founded Deere & Company in 1837, which still is a major player in agricultural technology. He invented the first commercially successful steel plow.