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Today marks what we hope will be a memorable experiencefor you-a visit through the John Deere Waterloo Tractor Works.Your visit is a most welcome one-and should help pointup the lengths to which we go to produce a truly quality product.

John Deere Waterloo-Built Tractors farm the fields, of thefree world and handle many industrial applications as well. Inboth cases, the end result is to create an ever-higher standard ofliving for mankind. It is our responsibility to provide dependableproducts that will serve long and well in the pursuit of this goal.

This book is presented to you as a souvenir of your visit... tohelp preserve the memories and to give you a clearerunderstanding of what you saw. We hope that this tourhas been both educational and enjoyable. We hope, too, that oneday you will return to visit us again-the welcome mat is always out.

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It would take a number of days to see the interesting productionmachines and the thousands of manufacturing operations that arecarried on daily at the John Deere Waterloo Tractor Works. Themap of a typical tour indicates our desire for you to see as manyof these sights as possible during your visit. Your guide is familiarwith the plant layout and operation; feel free to ask him questionsat any time.

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It's a Giant Tractor Factory

The Waterloo Tractor Works covers125 acres, of which 82 acres (3,500,000square feet) are under roof.

Average employment is 6,400 peo-ple of whom approximately 1,300 have20 years or more of service.

12,000 individual operations are re-quired to build a "4020" Tractor; in-spections number into the hundreds.

928 million gallons of water are usedper year. It is cooled, cleaned, oxygen-ated before being returned to the river.

633/4 million cubic feet of gas, 70 mil-lion kilowatts of electricity, 3 3/4 millioncubic feet of compressed air, and 95thousand tons of coal are used yearly.

The factory power house is capableof serving a city of 35 to 45,000 people.

Complete medical facilities with twodoctors in constant attendance are re-tained for accident or sickness.

Tractor "firsts" from Waterloo in-clude the first power lift, the firsttractor with four sources of power

(drawbar, belt pulley, power takeoff,and hydraulic system), Roll-O-Maticknee-action front wheels, the first tur-bulence-producing combustion cham-ber, first power steering for row-croptractors, the first hydraulic powerbrakes, the first scientifically designedposture seat, the first two-wheel-drivetractor to exceed 100 drawbar horse-power, and others, many of which arefound only on John Deere Tractors.

The foundry is one of the world's

largest gray iron facilities. Daily ca-pacity is about 1,000 tons to serve 500different castings running at one time.

Other than tires, batteries, lights, anda few other parts, the tractor is com-pletely designed, manufactured, and as-sembled at Waterloo. This includesengines, transmissions, final drives, hy-draulics, and sheet metal.

In 1959, the factory underwent amulti-million-dollar retooling programfor the New Generation Tractors.

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A near duplicate of the first Froe-lich Tractor as manufactured by theWaterloo Gasoline Engine Companyin 1894.

The story of how the John DeereWaterloo Tractor Works came into be-ing goes back more than 70 years, whenBenjamin Harrison was president ofthe United States and Admiral RobertE. Perry made the first of his polar ex-peditions ...... well over a half a century ago, whenRudolph Diesel took out his first patenton the type of engine which bears hisname and is in wide use today; back tothe time when hissing, panting, whist-ling steam engines were used to powerthreshers and a few other stationarymachines ... when farming meant longhard days of tiring muscle work andfar less production per man and acrethan with today's modern methods ofpower farming ...... back to the year, 1892, when someof the folks around a little farming com-munity in northeastern Iowa were con-siderably amused by what a mannamed John Froelich was saying.

JohnFroelich

They admitted that he had inventedtwo or three mighty handy gadgets, andthat he was a good businessman—what

with running a grain elevator, and pick-ing up extra income with a well-diggingoutfit and with the straw-burningsmoke- and spark-spitting steam trac-tion engine and threshing rig which hetook on "runs" in Iowa and South Da-kota each harvest season.

A Man of Vision

But, after all, John wouldn't see 40again; he was old enough to know bet-ter than to go around saying that me-chanical power had a great future—thatsomeday traction engines would do thework of horses even on medium-sizedfarms. As for his talk about inventinga smaller traction engine, one thatwould run on gasoline—could it be thatJohn had been out in the sun too much?

Well . . . John Froelich didn't have atouch of the sun. He envisioned andbuilt the first gasoline tractor that pro-pelled itself backward as well as for-ward.

John Froelich was born on Novem-ber 24, 1849 in Girard, Iowa, but hewas living in nearby Froelich (namedfor his father) when he began wonder-ing if he couldn't build a more usefultraction engine than the steam enginesthen in use.

He knew about steam engines fromexperience. They were heavy andbulky, hard to maneuver. They werealways threatening to set fire to thegrain and stubble in which they worked—and on flat prairie, with a wind blow-ing, that was no joke. Froelich believedthat he could build a gasoline tractionengine—or tractor—that would removeall these drawbacks to mechanicalpower.

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Likely you'd smile if you could see hisfirst attempt. It was a sort of hybrid—a vertical, one-cylinder (14-inch strokeand bore) engine mounted on the run-ning gear of a steam traction engine.

Th two halves didn't fit togethertoo well. In fact, in most respects, theydidn't fit at all, and Froelich and hishelper, William Mann, had to designmany new parts. It took time to figureeverything out. But the day came whenthe hybrid was assembled and readyfor trial.

Froelich tugged at the massive fly-wheel. The machine wouldn't start. Nomatter how hard Froelich and Mannyanked on that flywheel, the machinewouldn't start . . . and somewhereamong the spectators, there was asnickered, "I told you so!"

Then Mann had an idea.He twisted the bullet from a rifle

cartridge, wedged the cartridge in thepriming cap, hit it with a hammer.

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With a cough and a roar, the one-lungercame to life. The flywheel began tospin . . . horses reared and tried to pullloose from a nearby hitching rail ... "Iknew old John'd do it!" shouted the on-looker who, a moment before, hadstarted to scoff.

Froelich, on the driving platform gin-gerly eased his invention into gear. Itlurched forward. He tried the reverse.The machine clanked backward.

Out on the road he went and to afarm where a neighbor was threshinggrain. The hybrid was substituted forthe steam engine. It did the job.

A few weeks later Froelich and hiscrew started for the broad fields ofSouth Dakota with the gasoline tractorand a new threshing machine.••••••••

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That fall, they threshed 72,000 bush-els of small grain.

Success seemed assured.But success was still twenty years

away. First were to come failure .. .discouragement . . . heartbreak.

As a result of successful demonstra-tions, a company headed by Mr. Froe-lich was organized to manufacture gas-oline tractors. A frame building waserected in Waterloo, Iowa. The com-pany was named the Waterloo GasolineTraction Engine Company.

But efforts to build a practical trac-tor failed. True, two were sold — butthey were returned.

The company decided to manufac-ture stationary gasoline engines in or-der to have some income while tractorexperiments continued.

Reorganization

In 1895, the Waterloo Gasoline EngineCompany was incorporated—but JohnFroelich, whose interest was in trac-tors, not stationary engines, chose towithdraw. Later, he moved to St. Paul,Minnesota, where he died May 23,1933.

Increasing Success

The Waterloo Gasoline Engine Com-pany continued the building of station-ary engines with increasing success,and also—in 1896—offered an im-proved tractor. It was a good job, forthose days. But the world wasn't readyfor gasoline tractors. Only one was sold.

In1897, another tractor was designed.Again, only one was sold. Demand forstationary engines, however, was sogood that a new factory and foundrywere built.

The Waterloo Gasoline Engine Com-pany also began manufacturing two-cylinder automobiles. Space limits andthe mounting demand for stationary en-gines made it necessary to discontinuethat project after only six automobileshad been sold.

But tractor experiments continued.None was successful until, in 1913, thecompany offered the Model "LA," atwo-cylinder opposed engine on a four-wheel chassis. Twenty tractors weresold! The tide was turning.

The Waterloo Boy

Early the next year the companybrought out the Model "R" single-speedtractor (the first Waterloo Boy Tractor).Farmers liked it. Within a year, salesreached 118.

Design was modified, largely on a

While much of the world has forgotten JohnFroelich's contribution to American agricul-ture, the village of Froelich, Iowa (namedafter his father) remembers him. This plaqueappears on the monument which the commu-nity dedicated to his memory in 1939.

basis of users' suggestions, and by theend of 1918, the company had sold8,076 Model "R" Waterloo Boys.

The Model "N" Waterloo Boy withtwo forward speeds was introduced.It, too, was successful. The tide hadturned.

With the opening of World War 1,farm prices had begun to rise and theopposition to tractors was melting inthe heat of popular demand for depend-able mechanical farm power. In fact,there was such sudden acceptance ofthe tractor idea that the Waterloo Gas-oline Engine Company was faced—in amatter of months—by scores of com-petitors.

John Deere had been watching thedevelopment of farm power . . . thegrowing need for tractors. There wastalk of starting a John Deere tractorfactory.

John Deere Takes Over

But John Deere had also been watchingthe progress of the Waterloo GasolineEngine Company and the mountingquality of its product. Here was an or-ganization with many years of experi-ence, a company with a firsthandknowledge of what farmers wanted, ofwhat it took to build a good tractor.The purchase of the Waterloo Gasoline

tractor manufactured by the

Engine Company was the logical step.This took place in 1918 and broughtthe plant facilities and employees ofthe Waterloo Gasoline Engine Com-pany into the John Deere organization.

John Deere and Waterloo GasolineEngine Company engineers and tech-nicians promptly pooled their thinkingand knowledge. Improvements in theWaterloo Boy were a natural result. By1921, this tractor had established itselfas a leader. Although it was sold as a

two-plow tractor, farmers said that ithandled three bottoms without trouble.It operated on low-cost kerosene.

For five years following the merger,the tractors continued to be known bythe name "Waterloo Boy." Then in1923, a powerful new machine wasplaced on the market under the identityof John Deere Model "D." Few (if any)tractors of whatever make or modelhave been so popular.

Truly, the Model "D" marked the be-ginning of a new era in American agri-culture. Succeeding years have broughta steady procession of John Deere trac-tor improvements, of specialized mod-els, of steady, continuous growth anddevelopment in both tractors and theJohn Deere Waterloo Tractor Works,bringing it to its position of leadershipin the design and manufacture of mod-ern farm and industrial tractors.

A Waterloo Boy kerosene-burning two-bottomWaterloo Gasoline Engine Company during World War 1.

From dreams to dimensions, ideas come alive on paper in the drafting room.

Few tractors will work in mud like this. At 30 below, starting and operation are checked.

It all beginswith an idea

From a farmer in Iowa, a wheat growerin Montana, a Florida grove owner, acollege agronomist, a John Deere field-test engineer—from many sources theworld over come ideas, comments, cri-ticisms, and suggestions that form thebasis of today's ultra-modern JohnDeere Tractors. Out of such synchroni-zation of tractor needs and tractor de-sign have come such advancements asthe posture seat, variable-speed en-gine, front-mounted fuel tank, rack-and-pinion wheel-tread adjustment,and many others.

To develop tractors that will do morework and bring greater satisfaction tofarmers everywhere, the EngineeringDepartment at the Waterloo TractorWorks is broken down into experi-mental, development, materials, design,engine design, and research units.Guided by senior engineers who haveyears of experience in tractor design,these units coordinate their efforts toproduce the products that lead the in-dustry—John Deere Tractors.

John Deere Tractors are not "green-house" products — every tractor com-ponent is vigorously tested under ac-tual field conditions as well as in thelaboratory. Experimental farms in the

south permit year-round field work.The testing program is constant andalso twofold . . . new products aretested in all phases of development:current products are tested to improvequality and durability.

In addition to mechanical engineer-ing, great attention is paid to humanengineering. What is the best positionfor the steering wheel? How should in-struments be grouped for fast reading?Where should mounting steps andhandholds be placed? How can dailyservicing be simplified? View im-proved? Human engineering encom-passes all phases of comfort, conveni-ence, and tractor handleability whichmake operation easier.

The pictures show some of the manyfunctions of engineering: the draftingroom where ideas take shape on paper,the mud-bath test of rear-axle bearingsand seals, cold-room operations at sub-zero temperatures, actual field work ata test location, engine dynamometertest, drawbar tests by pulling dynam-ometer tractors around the test track,and the "rattle board" which tests thestrength of frames, axles, welds, andbolts. Such complete testing helpsmaintain traditionally high quality.

Round the clock and 'calendar tractors pull dynamometer loads (left) as others (below) go bump-Seasons go by fast in accelerated field tests. Experimental engine gets a dynamometer check. ing over the concrete "rattle board." There is no substitute for quality in tests like these.

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As completed molds move along a conveyor,metal is poured into each one. Besides thismethod, automatic pouring machines are used.

Activity along the cupola line. Metal can beseen pouring into a receiving ladle fromwhich it will be poured into transport ladlesfor delivery to pouring stations. In the back-ground, a cupola is being repaired with silicarefractory material.

With a capacity of 1000 tons of moltenmetal per day, the foundry ranks asone of the largest in the world. Four ofeight giant, silo-like cupolas are alwaysin use while the remaining four are be-ing repaired with silica refractory ma-terial.

A normal day's production of grayiron requires 20 carloads of pig-iron,scrap, and steel as raw materials, ahalf-carload of lime rock to purify themetal, and four carloads of coke tomaintain a rigidly controlled tempera-ture of 2800 degrees. In the laboratory,samples of the metal are checked con-tinuously for quality.

Approximately 1,500 different cast-ings are produced. Many are extremelyintricate; the largest single casting (the

"5010" transmission-differential case)weighs 1320 pounds. Overhead carriersand ladle trucks hustle molten metal tothe various pouring stations.

Coremaking is a fascinating part ofthe foundry operation. These cores du-plicate the interior of hollow molds andare formed to very rigid specifications.Batteries of semi-automatic machinesas well as hand molds are used in themaking of cores. Core material—sand,resin, and core oil—are properly mixed,compressed into shape, and dried.Power sand slingers and jolt squeezemolding units eliminate the laboriousshoveling and hand ramming methodsonce used. Cores are placed in the bot-tom of a mold (the drag) and the tophalf (cope) is locked in place. The moldis then ready for pouring.

After cooling, the castings are re-moved from the molds and the coresand is removed and the casting com-pletely cleaned. The finished casting isnow ready for the machining opera-tions which will prepare the casting forassembly into a tractor.

Freshly molded and cleaned, these castingssymbolize the wide variety of intricate shapesand sizes produced daily in the foundry.

Here a workman prepares a mold for tworear-axle housings. Coming up—the oil panfor a crankcase.

These cores, top to bottom, will form the in-teriors of the "4020" intake manifold, hy-draulic control valve, and exhaust manifold.

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John Deere castingsare works of art

Modern precision machineryholds measurements

to hairline tolerances

During your tour, you'll see machinescutting, shaping, milling, boring,broaching, and doing many other ofthe thousands of operations requiredto build a John Deere Tractor. Thesemachines are of the latest modern de-sign, requiring a minimum of physicaleffort to operate.

Transmission cases are milled on thetop and both sides in one operation andlater all openings are drilled simultane-ously in a jig to insure greater accuracyin matching component parts and to in-sure proper gear and shaft alignment.Crankshafts are ground and polishedto a depth of finish finer than plateglass. Accurate gear-cutting machineswork to extremely close tolerances to

insure that gears run smoothly andquietly at all speeds and loads. Smallparts, such as those used in the hy-draulic pump and valves are discardedif tolerances are off as much as .0001-inch (one ten-thousandth of an inch)!

To do this job on a big-capacitymass production basis and yet retainquality and accuracy every step of theway requires modern machinery,skilled workmen, and eagle-eyed in-spectors. The fact that John Deere NewGeneration Tractors have gained suchan enviable reputation among farmersfor dependable, long-lived performancetestifies to the degrae of success ob-tained toward this end at the Waterlooplant. Quality is a built-in feature.

Teeth are cut in the transmission bevel-pinion gear as another piece of stock awaitsits turn. Cutter lubrication prolongs tool life.

The bearing surfaces of a "4020" crankshaftare ground in this machine. Later, the crankwill be statically and dynamically balanced.

This battery of centerless grinders produces a fine finish and a close tolerance on the hydraulicsensing torsion bar for the rockshaft. The inset (right) shows the "before" and "after" of thisoperation. So precise is this operation that tolerances have to be measured electronically.

From the cutting machine, a piston pin goesthrough a ground finish to the mirror-likepolish provided by centerless grinders.

All main-bearing oil lines are drilled simul-taneously in this huge machine. Modern con-veyors eliminate heavy lifting of large parts.

When Tom McCahill, noted automotivewriter, visited the Waterloo TractorWorks, he commented that many parts"are held to tolerances so close thatthey equal the specifications requiredfor guided missile work." When youconsider that in a tractor hundreds ofparts work at fantastic speeds in per-fect coordination for years on end de-spite punishing loads, heat, and stress,the requirement for such tight toler-ances becomes apparent.

"5010" Diesel"4020" Standard"3020" Standard

"3020" Grove and Orchard "3020" Row-Crop Utility "5010-I""3020" and "4020" Hi-Crops

From Waterloo comes this modern line ofextra-value, high-performance tractors

"3020" Row-Crop "4020" Row-Crop

And here they are—modern tractorsfor every conceivable type of farmingoperation, plus three sizes of tractorsdesigned specifically for industrial op-erations. Each is the value leader in itsfield, enabling owners and operators toturn out more work faster and betterand with greater comfort and conven-ience than with any other make of trac-tor on the market. 64 h.p. on the "3020"and JD 500 Tractors, 88 h.p. on the"4020" and JD 600 Series, and 121 h.p.on "5010" agricultural and industrialmodels. Modern, functional, practical.

This Optical Comparator enlarges the image of n small part for comparison with dimensions onthe screen. Special microscopes are also used to examine samples of steel and other raw mate-rials before they are put to use. There's no room for guesswork at the Waterloo Tractor Works.

A highly specialized "detective force"patrols the John Deere Waterloo Trac-tor Works. More than 200 inspectorsare constantly at work . . . analyzingsamples of raw material . . . gaugingsmoothness of super-finished surfaceswith profilometers . . . checking theaccuracy of cylinder sleeve bores .. .testing the hardness of gear teeth .. .examining everything from nuts andbolts to completed tractors to insurejust one thing—delivery of top-qualityJohn Deere Tractors.

Every single item in the manufactureof a John Deere Tractor must meetrigid quality specifications. Inspectorapproval must be granted before anitem can move from one department toanother. Completed engines and trans-missions are performance-checked be-fore being okayed for the assembly

Checking the smoothness and diameter of aremote-cylinder piston rod after grinding, thisworkman uses an electronic instrument.

line. Each tractor undergoes 600 in-spections from the end of the assemblyline through loading for shipment.

Many parts are machined to suchmicroscopic tolerances that they canbe checked only by light, or electron-ically, or by an air gauge. Accuracy ofinspection is checked by the QualityAudit Department. At random, this de-partment selects component parts andeven completed tractors which havebeen released for shipment and com-pletely disassemble entire units to pro-vide a double check to make sure thatquality is upheld throughout every op-eration, including inspection. At theWaterloo Tractor Works the echo ofJohn Deere's words rings loud andclear: "I will never put my name onany implement that doesn't have in itthe best that is in me."

Pulled off the line at random, this transmis-sion case is inspected for location and sizeof openings on a completely flat surface.

Using an electronic profilometer, this inspec-tor measures the smoothness of crankshaftbearing surfaces within two millionths-inch.

Following a trip through a centerless grinder,cam ground pistons are measured at left withan air gauge to check proper size and taper.

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Countless inspectionsalong the way insure

John Deere quality

Sub-assembly providesunit "packages" forthe assembly line

Tractors are assembled on the mainfloor of a six-story building. On theupper floors, workmen are busyassembling component parts—engines,transmissions, hydraulic pumps,power-steering motors, instrumentpanels, and many others.

This building is pressurized inside tokeep dirt from entering the buildingand getting into the tractor. A con-stantly moving conveyor line as well asthe ever-familiar lift trucks move thesubassemblies to the point on the finalassembly line where they are needed.

Equally important to careful sub-assembly and inspection is the "run-in"period. The various assemblies are ac-tually run in special test machines todetermine how efficiently they operate

A 155-pound 7-main-bearing crankshaft is in-serted into the block of a new "4020" engine.Mighty 'sturdy backbone.

before they are installed in a tractor.Transmissions are operated in all gearsto insure smoothness, easy shifting,and to check the amount of horse-power transmitted. Engines are run in(opposite page) under varying speedsand loads. This leaves nothing to ques-tion as to power developed, fuel con-sumption characteristics, and generalover-all performance. Remote cylindersmust extend and retract smoothly .. .the hydraulic pump must deliver aspecified amount of oil at a given pres-sure . . . . power-steering valves mustscore an "A" in speed and smoothnessof operation. These assemblies aretruly ready to go to work when in-stalled in a tractor . . . their perform-ance has already been proved.

....L.-0—*a.A battery of freshly assembled hydraulicpumps is tested for capacity before receivingthe final "A-okay."

Steering spindles to which the front end willbe attached are inserted into these power-steering hydraulic motors.

Wet-type cylinder sleeves, which will insureproper cylinder operating temperatures, areinstalled by these men.

As these new Power Shift Transmissionsmove along, each workman adds a part orperforms an operation. Next stop, testing un-der load; then assembly into a tractor.

A six-cylinder Diesel engine is run in at oneof many dynamometer test stands. Instru-ments show engine rpm, horsepower, andmeasure fuel consumption.

Assembled and run-in, this engine is loweredthrough the ceiling right on time to be put inplace on the chassis of a tractor. Gas, Diesel,and LP-Gas engines are provided on mostmodels.

Here's the start of it. To this transmissionassembly will be added the two rear axles.The tractor then starts moving down the lineto completion.

The assembly line, where tractors takeshape before your eyes, is certainlyone of the most fascinating points ofyour tour. Although tractors seem toroll off the end of the line every fewminutes, each tractor spends about twohours on the line from the time assem-bly starts until the tractor moves offunder its own power. The line is con-stantly moving. Engines, transmissions,and front ends are lowered throughopenings in the ceiling. Hydraulic sys-tems, seat mounting, steering wheel,instrument panel, fuel tank, radiator—all are added as the tractor movesalong the line. Finally, fuel is added,steel transport wheels are mounted formovement throughout the factory. Thetractor is started, moves off the line,and heads for the paint line and some600 final inspections. A busy life hasstarted for another John Deere NewGeneration Tractor.

New "4020" Tractors "shape up" with grille,fuel tank, radiator, engine, instrument panel,seat mounting, batteries, and a temporarymuffler in place.

Fully operational, a tractor moves off theassembly line under its own power. It willremain on these steel wheels through thepaint line, then rubber tires will be mounted.

The assembly linewhere new John Deere Tractors

start their busy lives

are washed down with a special solu-tion to prepare the surface for painting.The familiar John Deere green is added,the paint is oven dried, and rubber tiresreplace the steel wheels. Hoods, sidegrilles, the seat, muffler, and lights areadded. In addition, all accessories or-dered for the individual tractor — 3-point hitch, precleaners, weights, warn-ing lamps, cabs, muffler caps, etc.—areinstalled. The John Deere name is on theside—the tractor is ready to go places!

And go places, these tractors do!Throughout the United States and Can-ada—indeed, in most areas of the freeworld, John Deere Waterloo-built trac-tors are a familiar part of the land-scape. By truck, train, and ship, thesenew tractors hurry to their assignments—to build an interstate highway, raiseand harvest a corn crop, to till thevastness of a wheat field, prepare theway for a housing development, tobuild levees for a ricefield, harvest atimber crop . . . to bring a higher stand-ard of living in lands where the lan-guage differs, but the needs and desiresare the same. The success with whichthese tractors have handled these tasksis testified by the growth of the factoryand the company which produces them.

Two railroad tracks inside the factory permittractors to be fastened down for shipmentdespite the weather.

Muffler, hood (above), and side shields areinstalled on this "5010" Tractor. Hood designpermits easy removal for servicing.

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Powerful 12-volt lamps (a spot and a flood-light) are installed in each fender of this new"4020" Diesel Row-Crop Tractor.

Prior to this station the right side of thetractor was painted by another operator. Theleft side is being completed.

In this brightly lighted booth, final touch-upis made on the tractors as they move alonga track. Special high-gloss paint is used.

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Service publications include Service Manualsfor dealers' shops, Parts Catalogs, and Oper-ator's Manuals. All originate at Waterloo.

Many times during the year, the Water-loo Tractor Works is engaged in thebusiness of "teaching school." Any an-nouncement of a new product requiresthat branch and dealer service person-nel be trained in the methods of serv-icing. Techniques of servicing andchanges of current products calls formore time in these service schools. Thefactory works with tool manufacturersto design special equipment which en-ables John Deere servicemen to iden-tify and remedy troubles with a min-imum of time and cost to the owner.The factory is also responsible for pub-lishing complete information for theoperation and servicing of the tractors.These service publications are anotherassurance of greater performance sat-isfaction with John Deere Tractors.

This factory specialist is teaching servicementhe techniques of servicing John Deere powersteering. The students are branch servicemen.

John Deere Tractors are backedby complete parts facilities...

One man (foreground) feeds small parts intothis machine as another collects the finishedpackages to carton for shipment.

The John Deere organization backswhat it sells with complete parts serv-ice. At Waterloo, as in the other Deerefactories, it is just a matter of chancewhether any given part will end up be-ing assembled into a product or pack-aged as a replacement part. In allrespects, including quality, parts areidentical to the originals provided inthe tractor. Recognizing the importanceof a good parts follow-through, a sev-en-story building at Waterloo is de-voted solely to this facet of the busi-ness. Here parts are packaged withmodern equipment, stored, and shippedto various John Deere Branches andParts Depots. Thus, during critical rushseasons, John Deere tractor owners arenever very far away in time and dis-tance from genuine John Deere parts.

Modern equipment and proper warehousingprocedures enable orders for tractor parts tobe processed quickly.apt,

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...and with factory-trainedservice specialists

Des Moines Works • Des Moines, IowaHarvester Works • East Moline, Illinois

From one Anvil

22 great John Deere

FactoriesIn 1837, when John Deere gave to the worldhis steel plow, his "factory" was a little black-smith shop. Today, 22 manufacturing installa-tions comprise the John Deere family of fac-tories. In addition to those shown here, thereare three plants in Germany, two in France,one in Spain. Each factory specializes in itsparticular products, tractors or implements, andare joined together by the common goal ofever-higher product quality.

Waterloo Tractor Works • Waterloo, IowaDubuque Tractor Works • Dubuque, Iowa

Plow Works • Moline, Illinois

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Planter Works • Moline, Illinois2 8

Industrial Equipment Works • Moline, Illinois

Spreader Works • East Moline, Illinois

Malleable Works • East Moline, Illinois

Horicon Works • Horicon, WisconsinOttumwa Works • Ottumwa, Iowa

Killefer Works • Los Angeles, California

Welland Works • Welland, Ontario, CanadaVermilion Works • Hoopeston, Illinois

Rosario, Argentina Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Through John Deere dealersthe Waterloo Tractor Works

serves the world

The Waterloo Tractor Works is represented onboth sides of the oceans by franchised JohnDeere dealers. These are independent dealerswho order, stock, sell, and service John DeereTractors. Each falls within a branch house ter-ritory and receives personal counsel on allphases of the business. John Deere people atWaterloo are extremely proud of John Deeredealers in the field. They have a fine under-standing of conditions in their locale, arefriendly, and, like the products they sell, arehighly reliable. The John Deere dealer organi-zation is a tremendous asset—and we at Water-loo are proud to have such an organization rep-resent us to our customers in the field.

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The Research andEngineering Center

The John Deere Research and Engineering Center, located just a fewmiles from this plant, is the first of its kind to be established solelyfor the development of tractors. Here on an 850-acre tract of land, engi-neers are provided with ample field and laboratory facilities to developnew ideas in tractor design.

This is the birthplace of the New Generation of Power, introduced in1960. In addition, the center provides testing facilities, including twotest tracks for durability checks of current tractors. Other field loca-tions (in the south) are controlled by the management of this ResearchCenter. Thus, winter weather does not interfere with any developmentwork requiring field operations.

While the Research and Engineering Center is not a part of your tour,the work performed at this center plays a vital part in the John DeereTractors you have seen built today and in those you'll be seeing com-ing off the lines in the. future.

JOHN DEERE DESIGN, DEPENDABILITY,AND DEALERS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

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