John Deere 115+ yrs old Dain Mfg Ottumwa IA Farm Novelty Advertising Trade Card

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ca. 1900 / John Deere purchased Dain in 1910 for Dain's flagship quality products;
Dain invented one of the first experimental John Deere Tractors - in 1914 !!!
1914: "John Deere pays Dain to 'invent' an All-Wheel-Drive tractor."
(from www)
circa 1900 Trade Card:  Victorian humor, "naughty tease" metamorphic Farmer's Daughter Chick comic
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"In 1914, Deere & Company
directed Joseph Dain Sr. to to design and produce a tractor
for the company,
the AWD is sometimes referred to as the
"
Dain
Tractor
."
"The first prototype was ready in 1915 and began testing with a Waukesha engine.
In general, the tractor was a success but it was underpowered.
In 1917, a McVicker engine replaced the Waukesha and the tractor was ready for production.
Deere ordered 100 tractors be produced at the end of 1917. By the time that the final tractors were built
in 1919, Deere & Company had purchased the Waterloo Gasoline Tractor Company. Although the AWD had several
features that were ahead of its time, including a shift-on-the-move transmission,
it was twice as expensive as the Waterloo Boy so production was stopped.
Joining Forces:
John Deere & Joseph Dain. (from www)
John Deere has been producing hay equipment in Ottumwa, Iowa, for 100 years, but the
equipment line can be traced back to 1881 when Joseph Dain left his Meadville, Missouri, furniture business to build hay equipment.
Dain's inventions gained popularity among farmers. By 1890 the Dain Manufacturing Company was reported to be the world's
largest producer of hay stackers and gatherers.
According to information in the Deere & Company archives, Dain's initial 10-acre plant in Ottumwa sat on the lines of several railways,
so products could be conveniently shipped.By the turn of the century
Dain had selling contracts with John Deere branch houses in Minneapolis, Minnesota; St. Louis, Missouri; Portland, Oregon;
San Francisco, California; and Kansas City, Missouri.Within six years, Deere branch houses in Indianapolis, Indiana;
Dallas, Texas; Omaha, Nebraska; and Baltimore, Maryland, had signed on to carry Dain implements.
Dain's connection with Deere remained strong and in 1905
an agreement was created that
gave Deere branches the exclusive right to sell Dain products. The two companies maintained a close relationship, and
when Deere began consolidating in 1910, Dain was one of the first companies it acquired. Along with the Ottumwa facility,
Deere's Dain purchase also included a Welland, Ontario, hay equipment business that Dain had operated since 1908.
Initially, Dain saw very few changes as a result of the acquisition. The plants in Ottumwa and Welland both continued operating and
Joseph Dain remained in Ottumwa to manage the business. The company's products, which by then included
Dain mowers, side-delivery and sweep sulky rakes, hay loaders, hay stackers, and hay presses
,
still used the Dain brand.
Today, the John Deere Ottumwa Works is part of John Deere's hay and forage platform. Round balers, rotary mower-conditioners,
self-propelled windrowers, pull-type forage harvesters, and small square balers are produced there."   (www)
This is a clever "metamorphic" novelty card. When closed, it appears "naughty," but when open, the farmer's daughter has chicks, etc.
Farmer, straw hat, blonde farmer's daughter with chicks, risque "leg humor" joke, etc.
Dain Product Line / Farm Equipment Advertising Trade Card
REVERSE:
"
Great Dain Line
."
/  "Write for Illustrated Catalogue."
etc.
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