Talk:John Deere (inventor)

Add a Link?
Does anyone think we should add the following link to the John Deere Page? History of John Deere - Please explain your reasoning as to why or why not. Thanks! West wikipedia
 * Because it does not cite it's sources, doesn't add anything already in Wikipedia, the site is non-notable i.e. it hasn't been cited as an authority by other reliable sources and it's authors are completely unknown. In fact if I google for earlyhistory googlepages com I get nothing. Please read WP:WEB (under criteria), WP:RS (e.g. Non-scholarly sources) and WP:NOTABLE and ideally please solve this one link first before you start posting to all the other entries you've been trying to make. Ttiotsw 18:50, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Suggestion
should separate John Deere the person from the corporation --Rj 03:17, Mar 21, 2004 (UTC)


 * They are 2 seperate articles - John Deere & Deere & Company

Eric 01:41, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

There is mistake here; if John Deere was born in 1804, and if he did develop the first machine a few years after, how could the same machine be used in the late 18th century? It's clearly wrong; either the invention was created before 1800, or it was used only in the 19th century; the only other pausible alternative is that the movement to the western plains started in the 18th century (which is correct), but it was accelerated in the 19th century due to the availability of new machinery.

Ok so then how old was John Deere when the machine came out? and did John Deere really invent the self scouriing plow? Is this info correct that is on the internet!!!!!!!

Edited the dates for John Deere: his birthdate, birthplace, and date of death. He created his first steel plow in 1837, which is the early 19th century, but if he was the first inventor of the plow is a matter of dispute. Allegedly a man from Ohio may have invented it first. I need to research that. But 1837 is correct, as well as the other dates. --A.T. Horsfield 20:57, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Names PLEASE!!
It says that by 1836 John Deere had four children and that the fifth child was on its way. I'm doing a report on him and I need to know his five childrens names,and when they were born. If you could post the answer soon that would be outstanding!

john deere
who is john deere's mothers name

John Deeres Death
Can you provide any details surrounding JD's Death. When, where, How and cause. I have conflicting reports information on this event.

Excuse me, but JOHN DEERE DID NOT INVENT THE STEEL PLOW. He created the first commercially successful, self-scouring steel plow.

76.107.118.191 (talk) 17:48, 5 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Deere takes credit for inventing the steel plow though, he invented the steel plow that accually worked Wumbla (talk) 21:17, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Deere & Company history
Would anyone complain if I started adding captioned photos of older Deere equipment? Tsaman 05:47, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I think it would be preferable to add them to the Deere & Company page. On the other hand, very early equipment made by Deere himself would certainly belong here. Zubdub 04:47, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

u should seriously make a different page about john deere to help people doing research papers on him

May I quote a source for the Ransome plough that was the first successful self sharpening plough in 1785. This is from /www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM83ZH_Ransomes_Plough_Telford_Shropshire_UK. Ransomes of Ipswich was founded in 1789 by Robert Ransome. He had already been in business as an ironfounder in Norwich before moving to Ipswich, where he expected to be able to expand his markets.

One of Ransome's principal products was ploughshares. In 1785 Ransome patented the "chilling process that enabled sheares to sharpen themselves as they worked through the soil". This was followed in 1808 by a patent for interchangeable plough parts. Upon these foundations Ransomes were to become one of the leading manufacturers of ploughs in the country. Among the notable developments were the introduction of the YL (York Light) plough in 1843, the Newcastle plough (RN series) from 1864, the self-lift tractor ploughs (RSLD, RSLM) from 1926 and the Ford-Ransome series in 1946.

In common with nearly all ironfounders in the early nineteenth century, Ransome undertook a wide range of general work. This included building some iron bridges in Suffolk in the years around 1820, and production of chairs, fastenings and other railway equipment from 1840's until 1869, when this part of the business was separated as Ransome and Rapier.

The production of agricultural equipment expanded during the 1830's, the range of products now including harrows, cultivators, barn machinery and threshing machines. Ransomes also became pioneers in the development of the agricultural steam engine. The firm exhibited a portable steam engine at the Royal Agricultural Society's show in 1841 and the following year brought a prototype self moving engine. From these beginnings arose the firm's celebrity as one of the leading manufacturers of threshing machines and steam engines - portables, stationary engines and traction engines.

The fourth major product of the company was the lawn mower. From 1839 Ransomes took up production of the mowing machine patented by Edwin Budding of Stroud and lawn mower production was to become one of the most important activites of the firm from the late nineteenth century onwards. The firm introduced motor mowers in 1902.LPenman (talk) 13:12, 10 December 2010 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by LPenman (talk • contribs) 13:10, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

Sarah Yates Deere
I think we should really start a seperate article for Sarah Yates Deere, rather than having her on the John Deere article. What do you guys think? Eric 03:33, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm not aware of her being notable for anything other than being John Deere's spouse. I don't think she (or any of his family) necessarily needs their own section here. People are likely just pulling the info from the bios on the company web site. Just include an external link to there for people that want to read about his family. Zubdub 04:57, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * So pull the information from Sarah Yates off of the John Deere article and just place a link to her bio on Deere.com?Eric 17:35, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I think the separate section should go. She certainly warrants mention since she is JD's spouse (and raised his kids, etc, so he could do all that great stuff), but once it gets into a separate history of her, I think that doesn't belong here. If you wanted to start a separate article on her, that's fine with me. Be aware, though, that you might have someone come along and drop a "not notable" tag on the article (some people here seem to exist only to do such things). I know of one user that likes to stick speedy-delete tags on articles, apparently without any discussion whatsoever. Zubdub 00:00, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Someone smack me for confusing JD's wife with his mom! I also like how the article is right now. Zubdub 09:35, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

One paragraph on a person's family is hardly clutter, and certainly not enough to go splitting off into a separate article, so I've added appropriate merge notices. The way this talk section reads, one would think there had been a lengthy discourse on her in this article, but if so, it never made it into the separate article. A person's family is certainly important enough to warrant at least one paragraph about them in the article. Caerwine Caer’s whines 23:08, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * This is a Wikipedia article about John Deere NOT a Wikipedia article about John Deere & His Family. She is, although, important enough to be mentioned.  That is why we have a Wiki link on the John Deere article to Sarah Deere. Eric 23:24, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd agree if there were anything noteworthy enough about her for an article of her own, but there isn't. Nor does she appear to warrant a link from any other Wikipedia article, in which case she might warrant an article to serve as the bridge between the two notable topics.  Everything that appears to be notable about her is solely because her influence is leading him towards what he later became notable for. As such, a brief one paragraph mention of her and her influence on him is all that is warranted in an encyclopædia. Furthermore because her influence was notable on the course of John Deere's life, a simple link with no explanatory text is not adequate. Caerwine Caer’s whines  01:25, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I've added back the pertinent details of Sarah's life that affected John's.  Except for the trivia of who Sarah's father was, there's nothing left in the Sarah article that isn't also mentioned here now. Caerwine Caer’s whines  02:00, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * What you did on the John Deere article looks very nice! What we didn't want to have was 2 separate sections about Sarah Deere in the John Deere article.  Here where you merged the information all into one article with just the one section looks great.  I will go and remove the article about Sarah Deere now.  Next time something like this happens please make sure that you explain your intentions of what you plan on doing fully. Eric 02:17, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Formatting?
Is anyone going to format this page? I have a few I wanted to do beforehand, and works kind of in the way, so if anyone wants to step up, that'd be awesome. TJohnson 03:09, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the . Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

no consensus to move, particularly since this is a merge suggestion. Dekimasu よ! 23:46, 16 May 2007 (UTC) John Deere should be put in the same place as the corperation because he is the one that started the company.==12 May 2007==
 * Oppose. This doesn't qualify for a requested move. If you wanted to merge the articles, then debate that, but RM is not the correct procedure here. But I'd also oppose a merge - this article is plenty long enough and notable enough to justify its existence. Cheers, DWaterson 00:26, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose the move too. If anything, move this to John Deere (inventor) or whatnot, and redirect to Deere & Company from here. Neier 00:21, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose and put a for the tractor company at the top of the article. Mangoe 16:03, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the . Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Recent edit by me
I removed the no refs template, there were some, and I added one, along with some information. The references show up as foot notes now with the addition of reflist. I also semi-wikified the article by adding some sections and a header template to disambiguate the article from Deere & Company. I went ahead and moved the header link to John Deere Tractor to a see also section and added John Deere House and Shop which I am working on currently. Incidentally I move John Deere Tractor to John Deere tractor to conform with naming conventions on the wiki. Happy editing and/or trails. IvoShandor 13:19, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Civil war
The statement added about Deere fighting in the Civil War needs a source, a good source please. See WP:RS (reliable sources page). I have reverted it for now but will happily add it back if a source can be provided here. IvoShandor 02:33, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Refs
If anyone wants to assist me, this article needs additional referencing and a careful reading to ensure no subtle vandalism has slipped through. IvoShandor 09:49, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Who did he Marry
I don't think he married Hannah Montana nor left his "husband" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.176.172.186 (talk) 02:10, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Request for protection
Due to non-stop IP vandalism, I have submitted a semi-protection request for this article. Just a heads up for all of us watching (and reverting) the changes. --IvoShandor (talk) 13:48, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Jesus. If your a hillbilly or a redneck, think twice before you add your dick size to this article. It makes you look like an idiot. --67.175.218.59 (talk) 20:25, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
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deez nuts(?)
these words appear in the first sentence of the article. when i go to thew edit page to delete them, they're not there?!Toyokuni3 (talk) 22:16, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

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