The_Steel_Plow

The Steel Plow To fully understand how the steel plow was invented and its impact on agriculture you must start with the story of John Deere himself. John Deere was born in Rutland, Vermont on February 7 1804. He spent most of his childhood years in Middlebury, Vermont. Where he also received a common school education and a four-year apprenticeship learning the blacksmiths trade. In 1825, John decided to begin his career in blacksmithing. He soon gained fame for his careful workmanship. His highly successful business soon took a turn for the worst. In the mid 1830’s word filtered from the west of gold. So most of the New Englanders emigrated west. Which meant doom for blacksmiths. But John Deere took a risk; he packed up a bundle of tools, and a small amount of cash and set out. Leaving his family behind. After many miles of travel he ended up in the village of Grand Detour, Illinois. The need for a blacksmith was so great that two days after his arrival in 1836 he had built a forge and was busy serving plow, steel, farmers, soon, soil, new, john, deere, west, vermont, took, successful, spent, problem, plows, highly, blacksmiths, agriculture, after, years, worst, workmanship, word, village, using, two, turn, travel, trade, tools, time, through, thicker, tested, task