Moline High School - M Yearbook (Moline, IL)

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The Dulch laler added To if The moleboard, a real improvemenl, and The English developed The iron and The casl iron share. This was Jrhe plow used by The American colonisls prior lo The Revolu- lion, and modilicalions of il were broughl by 'rhem wilh lhe 'fide of immi- gralion inlo 'rhe Wesl. l-lere The rich sliclcy soils of The Mississippi valley defied lhe pioneer allempls of plowing. Their plows rooled lhe soil bul could nal inverl' il and would nol scour. ll remained for John Deere, a huslcy blaclcsmilh of Grand Delour, lllinois, lo produce The sleel plow which made blaclc land filling a possibilily and finally broughl The Weslern prairies under cullivalion. Thal was in I837. Ten years laler Deere moved lo Moline and buill a laclory which Turned our 700 plows ils lirsl year. A+ The end of anolher decade, The oul- pul of his laclory had increased lo l0,000 plows annually. Today Moline faclories are capable of building 465,000 plows each year and Moline has become The largesl plow manufacluring cenler in The world. Moline- THE PLOW CITY. . ' I Nz fl X l i . ff--1 ' fy: c'g?4,qrr, Ti5 ' 3 Lang, Q' liffil al xi! A i 0 , K iQ.l T' m.i3. -9-

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.4 7- 'sv' 'S The sTory oT The plow is The sTory oTcivilizc1Tion. For iT wos when prim- :Tive mon Turned To The soil ThoT he begon his climb To our presenT dov sToindords. AT TirsT, Toking his lessons Trom The onT ond The squirrel, he probobly used his hands in rnoking his seed bed. Then he devised o shorp- ened sTick which would loosen The egrTh TosTer. ThoT wos The TirsT plow, ond Trom iT The ingenuiTy oT mon hos developed our modern plow. The TirsT sTick wos sTroighT, The nexT Type wois crooked oT The end. From This wos developed The Spode hoe, ond finally The wooden plow. Then mon recilized ThoT his eTTiciencv would be increosed by uTilizing The sTrengTh oT onimols To pull The implernenTq hence The beosT become The moTive power. ExcepT Tor The discovery oT meTols, liTTle irnprovemenT wos mode in The primiTive plow UnTil obouT The beginning oT The ChrisTion eroi. AT ThoT Time The Romons builT oi plow, described by Virgil os 'lo poinT mode oT Two pieces oT wood meeTing oiT on ocuTe ongle ond being ploTed wiTh iron.

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