Deere’s 1837 Prairie Plow Breakthrough at Grand Detour
In 1837 at Grand Detour Illinois John Deere, a Vermont blacksmith, demonstrates a self-cleaning moldboard plow to farmers as they seek a workable tool for sticky prairie soil. He farms a new iron design after inspecting a discarded Sheffield steel saw blade and shaping it into the moldboard and share.
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John Deere Plow Triumph Marks Turning Point in Prairie Farming
The 1837 test on Lewis Crandall's land ended with Deere's self cleaning plow delivering a smooth furrow. The crowd hailed the feat as a miracle that would modernize farming across prairies and around the world. Separate notes report meat cholesterol research from the University of Georgia and stock market data from Moulton Livestock Yard dated August 27 1971.
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