Show asks congress to honor man who aided farm farmers ers washington A resolution calling for a memorial to john deere vil lage blacksmith who gave to agn agri culture the steel plow has been in produced trod in the house by depre tentative senta sent alive tive chester thompson of kock rock island illinois the memo rial in the form of a plaque corn mem orating the one hundredth anni of deere s plow being eel cel this year would be placed in the department of agriculture deere made his first self scouring steel plow in the spring of 1837 in the village of grand detour illi ell nois and 10 years later moved to bolme illinois now headquarters of the farm machinery tien tion bearing his name I 1 am happy to be able to do my share in commemorating the name and accomplishments of john deere thompson said in intro the resolution it is to such men as john deere that the farm ers of our nation owe their great progress during the last century the resolution cites deere deeres s in bention of the plow as one of the great contributions to human ress and declares that it helped make po possible sible the conquest of the vast prairie empire of the middle western states added to the gen eral progress and prosperity of the people of the united states and left its imprint upon the world |