USA HISTORY

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: -The plows being used by pioneer farmers of the day were cast iron, cumbersome and ineffective for cutting and turning the prairie soil. To alleviate the problem, Deere designed a plow of cast steel; it had a moldboard that allowed it to cut through heavy soil without having the soil constantly adhering to the plow.

Detailed explanation-3: -Another Illinoisan blacksmith, John Lane, is credited as among the first inventors of the steel plow in 1833. Lane’s was a commercial success in the sense that farmers wanted to buy his plows, but Lane never moved beyond making plows one at a time (which was how all plows were made).

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.

Detailed explanation-5: -It is headquartered in Moline, Illinois. The company’s origin dates to 1836, when John Deere invented one of the first steel plows that could till American Midwest prairie soil without clogging.