Oh dear, the spelling is a bit off

Oh dear indeed. The person who took some letters off this John Deere cat had a sense of humour, but wasn't good at spelling.

Perhaps as the clown was about to remove the last 'e' from Deere, he was caught and had to scram.

And yes, I'm certain it was a he. What woman would stand on those big metal tractor treads to play around with the letters of the brand name?

All in fun, I'm sure. Plenty of farmers and other workmen would take off their hats (or their John Deere baseball caps) to the man who invented the steel plow, and the 175-year-old company that developed so much other heavy equipment.