SEGMENT: IMPLIMENT MANUFACTURER
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- IMPLIMENT MANUFACTURER
- Charles Deere moved behind the political scenes. Tried to form a trust (consolidations) in the 1870s. Led to the modernization, 1907-1918. Daughters married well - Anna to an industrialist, Will Wyman, Catherine to William Butterworth, third CEO 1907 - 1923. Deere and International Harvester are the big two. Buys up a dozen companies in ten years to make tractors. Helped the WWI efforts. 1923 first John Deere Tractor. Story of John Deere is an American institution, a visionary.