John Deere Quotes
102 John Deere Quotes
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After making the upright standards out of bar iron, I was ready for the wood parts.
John Deere
I went out to the timber, dug up a sapling, and used the crooks of the roots for handles.
John Deere
I shape the beat out of a stick of timber with an axe and a drawing-knife.
John Deere
In this fashion, I succeeded in constructing a very rough plow.
John Deere
I’m making you a present of this plow…
John Deere
[After building his first steel plow.] I doubt not I’ll build another…
John Deere
[On his first steel plow he built and always looking to improve.] I will wish to study this.
John Deere
Maybe ways of improving it will occur to me.
John Deere
Will you take one of these plows home with you, and try it?
John Deere
If it does not scour, will you let me know?
John Deere
[If his new plough did not work properly] I will send for it, and get it without any cost to you.
John Deere
[On the price for his new plow.] I ask $10 for it.
John Deere
Prepared to furnish plows to all who may see fit to favor him with their orders…
John Deere
[On the number of plows he can make.] I can increase from 4,000 to 10,000 yearly, if necessary.
John Deere
Almost every year… we have discovered and applied some new feature to our Plows…
John Deere
If you do need any help… don’t fail to let me know.
John Deere
My… product… the best that is in me.
John Deere
The best wheel corn cultivator in use.
John Deere
Not in our opinion only, but in the estimation of all who have used it.
John Deere
The only cultivator that will operate on hill sides.
John Deere
Cannot be injured by coming in contact with hidden obstructions.
John Deere
Will not clog in foul land.
John Deere
Turns over the soil to or from the corn.
John Deere
Governed entirely by the feet.
John Deere
Has a side motion sufficient to plow the crookedest rows.
John Deere
In moving side ways all of the shovels maintain the same relative position to each other, thus leaving no balks.
John Deere
Has an advantage over all other Cultivators in the height of axles.
John Deere
Of superior strength, workmanship and finish, easy draught and all downward pressure on the horses’ necks being obviated.
John Deere
We send it forth, feeling confident it will ‘Hoe on its own now’, in such a manner as to bring no discredit on the manufacturers of the ‘Moline Plow.’ (John Deere Plow).
John Deere
Quality, innovation, integrity and commitment.
John Deere
A performance that endures.
John Deere
[After the panic of 1857 at the age of 24.] I will never from this seventh day of February, eighteen hundred sixty A.D. put my name to a paper [A loan agreement] that I do not expect to pay - so help me God.
Charles Deere
Proceed slowly, consolidate the company’s holdings, and convert assets to cash whenever possible.
Charles Deere
[On his management style] Hands-on.
Charles Deere
I used to accompany our wagons in delivering plows through the country and learned to be quite proficient in hitching to and running a plow. Driving horses came naturally to me, whether a plow or a trotter, and this has always been one of my most pleasant recreations.
Charles Deere
[On the part of John Deere that he focused on] Strict attention to management.
Charles Deere
[In 1874 on needing distributors.] Much good will come out of it.
Charles Deere
[In 1874 on middlemen, forerunners to dealers or distributors.] Outgrowth of necessity and have taken their position ...with the encouragement of farmers... who prefer to make their selections from stocks kept on hand for their accommodation, just when they have need of a particular implement, and who find it very handy, in case of breakage to go to the same middleman and get the necessary repairs.
Charles Deere
[In 1874 on middlemen, forerunners to dealers or distributors.] When the poor emigrant has secured a homestead and, with the last vestige of his means, has put up a little shanty, he finds that he needs implements to till the soil. He goes to the middleman, tells him he has nothing left, and asks to be trusted for the things which are indispensable to his success. The middleman has confidence in his honesty, and gives him credit and, with it, a substantial start in life.
Charles Deere
[In 1874] We have a list price, which is the maximum dealers are allowed to charge. It affords them a fair compensation...and allows them to deduct a percentage when they think it is to their advantage to do so. No restraint is placed upon them in this respect. They are at liberty to sell plows as cheaply as they desire or can afford to. If there were no middleman limit, extortionate charges might be made in isolated localities
Charles Deere
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