John Deere's slogan is "Nothing Runs Like a Deere", and its logo is a leaping deer, with the words 'JOHN DEERE' under it.
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12 Facts About John Deere
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In 1842, John Deere entered a business partnership with Leonard Andrus and purchased land for the construction of a new, two-story factory along the Rock River in Illinois.
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John Deere bought out Tate and Gould's interests in the company in 1853 and was joined in the business by his son Charles John Deere.
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John Deere served as president of the company until his retirement in April 1886 but died one month later in May 1886.
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John Deere continues to manufacture a large percentage of its tractors in Waterloo, Iowa, namely the 7R, 8R, and 9R series.
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In 1947, John Deere introduced its first self-propelled combine, model 55.
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In 1969, John Deere followed its New Generation tractors of the 1960s with a New Generation of combines.
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Also in 1989, John Deere was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
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In 1997, John Deere celebrated 50 years of self-propelled combine production, and the 1997 models featured a 50th-anniversary decal.
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John Deere dealers offered '10 series' upgrades to owners of older 9000 series Maximizer combines.
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John Deere uses different logo colors for agricultural vs construction products.
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John Deere's license covering the internal software on tractor control computers does not allow users or independent mechanics to modify the software.
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