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John Deere Tractors                                                                                       Back to: US Tractor Pulling So you are interested in John Deere tractors.  You'll find John Deere Tractors history below, as well as used John Deere tractors and parts available right now on-line.  You can bid on them and get a better deal than at  a retail parts or lawn equipment store.   John Deere tractors are some of the most beloved of all tractors and distinctive with John Deere green and yellow paint. In 1837 John Deere, a Vermont blacksmith, moved to Grand Detour, Illinois.  John Deere made a plow from a broken steel saw blade that could cut through the tough mid-western soil better than other cast-iron plows.  The company soon moved his  to Moline, Illinois.  In 1858, John Deere turned the company over to his youngest son, Charles. In 1868, John Deere's business was officially became Deere & Co. By the early 1900s, John Deere had branched out into corn and cotton planters. In 1911, Deere bought six agricultural equipment companies to   broaden its line of products. In 1918, the Waterloo Gasoline Engine Co. was purchased by Deere and John Deere tractors was firmly on its way, though they offered some tractor models previously.  John Deere tractors soon became the number one manufacturer of tractors in the world. Visit John Deere on-line History of John Deere History of John Deere Tractors Copyright 2006-7 USTractorPulling.com and  Angels & Ghosts, LLC