He developed the first successful steel plow, & his company found tractors to be a fertile market
[DOC] [TLE] Story of the John Deere Plow [PAR] He knew that days in the field were difficult for farmers near his home in Grand 
Detour, ... Steel was scarce in the area, so Deere fashioned a moldboard out of 
the ... the company that grew out of the success of this innovative plow continues 
to ... entered another market, introducing the company's first three-wheeled plow, 
the... [DOC] [TLE] John Deere Timeline & Inventions | John Deere US [PAR] ... blacksmith and inventor, closely parallels the settlement and development of 
the ... 1837 John Deere fashions a polished-steel plow in his Grand Detour, 
Illinois, ... Later he remembers building 10 plows in 1839, 75 in 1841, and 100 in 
1842.