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Deere and Co. Farmer's Pocket Companion : Moline Illinois 1884 : Plows and Cultivators : Eighteenth / 18th Annual Edition [pictorial of Farm Equipment, Branges, construction, Benefits of Use, Replica of 1884 edition]
Deere and Co, / John Deere Company / A. S. Ronk and Co. Agent
Published by Deere and Co. 1884 / Modern Reprint, No Reprint Date Found, A Bound / Flex Cover / REPRINT 1884
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Soft Cover / Pictorial Binding. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 42 pages. Paper / Soft cover reprint edition in very good condition, slight wear to edges. Glossy card covers with cloth spine. Archival reprint / replica of original edition. Privately published. Overall good copy of this scarce title. Excellent read. A good…book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great gift for the fan / reader in your life. Tri-fold cover. Interior chapbook. With 1884 calendar on flap. Limited edition, no. 18 of 100 copies. About the John Deere Co : Deere & Company, usually known by its brand name John Deere (NYSE: DE), is an American corporation based in Moline, Illinois, and the leading manufacturer of agricultural machinery in the world. In 2010, it was listed as 107th in the Fortune 500 ranking. Deere and Company agricultural products, usually sold under the John Deere name, include tractors, combine harvesters, balers, planters/seeders, ATVs and forestry equipment. The company is also a leading supplier of construction equipment, as well as equipment used in lawn, grounds and turf care, such as ride-on lawn mowers, string trimmers, chainsaws, snowthrowers and for a short period, snowmobiles. The company's slogan is ; Nothing runs like a Deere ; and has a picture of a deer as a logo, a word play pun on ; nothing runs like a deer. ; Additionally, John Deere manufactures engines used in heavy equipment and provides financial services and other related activities that support the core businesses. The company was founded in 1837 by John Deere, who developed and manufactured the first commercially successful cast-steel plow. Deere & Company began when John Deere, born in Rutland, Vermont, USA on February 7, 1804 moved to Grand Detour, Illinois in 1836 to escape bankruptcy in Vermont. Already an established blacksmith, Deere opened a 1,378 square feet shop in Grand Detour in 1837 which allowed him to serve as a general repairman in the village, as well as a manufacturer of small tools such as pitchforks and shovels. What was more successful than these small tools was Deere's cast-steel plow, which was pioneered in 1836. Prior to Deere's introduction of the steel plow, most farmers used iron or wooden plows which stuck to the rich Midwestern soil and had to be cleaned very frequently. The smooth sided steel plow solved this problem, and would greatly aid migration into the American Great Plains in the 19th and early 20th century. Deere's production of plows began slowly, but increased greatly when he departed from the traditional business model of making equipment as it was ordered and instead began to manufacture plows before they were ordered and then put them up for sale. This allowed customers to see what they were buying beforehand, and word of the product began to spread quickly. In 1842, Deere entered a business partnership with Leonard Andrus and purchased land for the construction of a new two-story factory along the Rock River in Illinois. This factory, named the ; L. Andrus Plough Manufacturer ; , produced about 100 plows in 1842 and approximately 400 plows during the next year. Despite the success, Deere's partnership with Andrus ended in 1848, when Deere relocated to Moline, Illinois in order to have access to the railroad and the Mississippi River. In Moline, Deere formed a partnership with Robert Tate and John Gould and quickly built a new 1,440 square feet factory in 1848. Production at the plant rose quickly and, by 1849, the Deere, Tate & Gould Company was producing over 200 plows a month, and a two story addition to the plant was built to allow for further production. Cited from Wikipedia. Fully Illustrated (illustrator). Book.
