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JOHN DEERE PRE-WATERLOO BOY EXPERIMENTAL TRACTORS

By Lowell Carlson

History Department, Clarendon College, Clarendon, Texas 79226.

Tractor experimentation and development is a fascinating aspect of the history of agriculture in the United States. Deere and Company's search for a workable model prior to their purchase of the Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company took them down several avenues of design.

Development of these various models often ran concurrently so that, by way of comparison, company officers could weigh the merits of various design approaches. By utilizing both factory testing and farm observation, Deere designed and revised numerous models of motor cultivators and general purpose machines. None however met with the final approval of the Board of Directors and it was not until the introduction of the Model D, in 1923, that Deere produced a wholly company-engineered tractor for the market.

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