| Show I 1 I 1 ile he invented a domms disc I 1 I 1 blade to cut cu prairie i le sod S od S SJ A ingersoll founder of the company had decided is as a term form boy that a sharp rolling disc blade was needed to run ahead ot of the moldboard on horse drawn plows to cut the tough prairie sod ot of his day by 1084 tie ho hod bad doft developed loPol a complete rolling coulter which was wide atje 11 accepted accosted by farm implement manufacturers and he opened a factory to facture the blades at sandoval ill where his bis grain ay 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 i and lumber business already was established it Is told of him in that in those 0 earlier arl lr L times S A ingersoll was wal 41 mon man of many duties simultaneously lie he was wa I 1 plant manager work man salesman shipping clerk braf fie manager bookkeeper and treasurer so that his income might be supplemented and the opportunity for or steady steade employment spread more evenly arri among ond his employees the senior Inger ingersoll soli t S became i a also I 1 sq a bar I 1 amt j W P I 1 t I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 rel maker catering to the needs of fruit growers lie he built and operated a conning canning factory 4 twenty years after the business was started he moved move dIt it to galesburg ill HI it was there war 1 I supplying necessary parts tor for farm implements when the plant was ryas completely destroyed destroyed by fire undismayed ingersoll workers con tinned their product fen during a bit ter win winter ter while new walls and root roof were built around them I 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 |
