Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Deere & Company the firm founded by John Deere began to expand its range of equipment to include the tractor business in 1876. The Deere Company briefly experimented with building its own tractor models, the most successful of which was the Dain All-Wheel-Drive. The predecessor of Waterloo Boy came about in 1892. It was made by thresherman TJ Waterloo. It is called the Froelich tractor. Scale Models of Dyersville, Iowa made a 1/16th scale toy tractor of this tractor. In March 1918 Deere & Company decided to continue its foray into the tractor business by purchasing the Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company which manufactured the popular Waterloo Boy Tractor at its facilities in Waterloo, Iowa.