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WATER DISPLACING OIL DEERE. JOHN DEERE. (continued): • In 1953 Norm Larson and two other researchers •were It was while living in Illinois John nosearching for a substance that to prevent rust ticed the problems that farmers faced when on missiles. They needed to find a formula that attempting to water, till soil.preventing Because the area sitting had would displace it from formerly been woodland, the soil was rich on metal surfaces. They tried many formulas bewith hummus, clumped and concoction clung to fore hitting upon which formula #40. This the blades of the plows farmers were accusof petroleum-based mineral spirits and mineral tomed to using. While repairing a broken ciroil repelled water, preventing corrosion. The cular saw, Deere stumbled upon an idea. He product was named for its water-displacing abilemployed his smith skills to fashion the steel ities and into for the thatofit awas the 40th attempt. blade thefact shape plow. He affixed • When workersspokes, building using two wooden thenmissiles hitched began the device a horse. the that heavy Illinois it, tothey foundItitplowed so useful they begansoil taka charm. In fact, who happened inglike it home, where theya farmer found more uses for it. be observing the squeaking, test run immediately put It to stops hinges from loosens frozen in an order for his own John Deere plow. nuts and bolts, keeps snow from sticking to shovels, evengave removes marks •snow In short order,and Deere up hiscrayon blacksmith and tar splatters from surfaces. shop and focused on making plows. The
grew steadily and in added many em• Bycompany 1958 the product came an aerosol can, ployees. In the late 1840s, John relocated the and it was marketed to mechanics and hardware entirenationwide. operation toThe Moline, Illinois. stores company gotAshamed a boost in of his own lack of education, John hison 1961 when Hurricane Carla wreaked sent havoc children to the state’s finest schools. One of the Gulf Coast; the product was used extensivehis proudest days occurred when son Charles ly to recondition flooded cars and prevent rust earned the equivalent of an MBA from Bell’s on metal equipment.
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• •Today there are more than 2,000 ways to use it. With his son Charles managing the company, Norm Larson sold his share of the company John found time to pursue philanthropic in-for a pittance andco-founded never gotboth rich the off First his invention, terests. He NationbutalitBank is now found in an estimated out of and the First Congregationalfour Church. every five American homes. What's it called? He was elected the mayor of Moline in 1873, (Answer at bottom page.) where one of his of first actions – the replacement of the city’s open drains with a sewer QUOTE pipe system – saved reduc• "My grandfather rodecountless a camel,lives my by father rode ing the spread of disease. a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a
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sonDeere will drive Land Rover, •Land The Rover, originalhis John logo, aregistered in but1876, his son will ride a camel." -Rashid Saeed depicted a deer that was native bin to AfriAlca. Maktoum, prime minister Thirty-sixvice-president years later, inand 1912, it was rewithArab the image of aand North American of placed the United Emirates Emir of Dubai, In the onwhite-tailed his concern deer. over peak oil.decades that followed, the now-familiar “outline” logo took Answer: WD-40, for ‘water displacement formula #40.’ over as the symbol of the John Deere brand. Information in the Tidbits® Paper is gathered from sources considered to be reliable, but the accuracy of all information cannot be guaranteed.
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