Charles H. Deere The American plow and the name of Deere are
synonymous in the public mind. Neither widespread commercialism
inspired by the plow nor its constant development toward
perfection by other hands and minds has effaced the intimacy
between the inventor and his invention. There is no such close
sympathy between Fulton and the steamboat, Morse and the
telegraph or others among the pioneers of practical ideas. The
living force of most inventors has been in the ideas they have
given to the world, but the perfection of these ideas has been
carried forward by others. The living force of the Deere
invention is the Deere plow and the Deere industry and the
faithful association of the inventor with every phase of the
development of his invention. The Deere plow was the product of
the genius of John Deere, the father; the Deere industry was the
triumph of business acumen akin to talent of Charles Henry
Deere, the son. The Deere plow and the Deere industry have ever
been foremost in setting a standard for agr