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John Deere and the Motor Cultivator

By Lowell Carlson

Route 5, Maquoketa, Iowa 52060. (The photograph photocopies are through the courtesy of John Deere and Company, Moline, Illinois.

Deere and Company's involvement with the production of tractors includes some unique experimental firsts. There is Max Sklovsky's one-piece, cast iron body which was the first experimental tractor to use such a frame. C. H. Melvin's integral power lift was unique when he experimented with his model at the Deere Plow Works from 1912-1914. And Joseph Dain's all-wheel drive tractor that could change from low to high gear without clutching was certainly unusual in design.

John Deere was anxious to retain its important position in the implement trade and it was only prudent to recognize the potential change the tractor might bring to the implement industry. Thus, through several board directives, engineers and designers were pu...

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