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Plowing was typically a two-person job, with one person guiding the plow while the other scraped soil build-up that stuck to it every 10 to 15 feet. In 1837, John Deere introduced his self-scouring steel plow, which solved the problem inherent in cast iron plows and freed one person to do other tasks required for the homestead.
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