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What was life like as a farmer in the 1800's?
Farming in the 1800s was the same as farming today: growing things in the ground to eat. Perhaps you should be more specific in your question. * The person who posted this is very stupid and noes absolutly nothing...
What did people bring when they wanted to become homesteaders in the prairies in Canada?
Animals, tools, materials to build, plows and such.
What social and cultural changes took place from 1800 to the mid-1800s-?
This may not be relevant, but spirit mediums were popular. They would "contact spirits" but they were just fakes. The rich, however, didn't seem to know that. There are examples of this in A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray and in The Shadow in the North by Philip Pullman
What was steel used for in the 1800's?
In 1860 there was only 1,500 miles of track in the United States and the invention of steel allowed for more track. By 1879 there was 5,006 miles of track. Farm machinery began to use steel as well and in 1851 the washing machine was invented. With the invention of the elevator in 1853 and with steel buildings could now be several stories tall so the skyscraper was invented.
What new machines made farming easier?
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, for removing seeds from cotton and made cotton an important crop. The cast-steel , self-cleaning plow, designed by John Deere, and the reaper, improved and marketed by Cyrus McCormick were two of the most important agricultural machines. Later came chemical fertilizer, hybrid seed , gasoline tractors and a host on new cultivators ,gang-plows, corn-pickers and other specialized harvesters.
How did some early farmers make sure their crops had enough water?
Earlier farmers watered their crops by wooden plows. This was back in the older days.
What helped farmers increase food production?
Farmers began using iron plows instead of wooden plows.
What two inventions helped early farmers deal with flooding?
Flooding was an extreme problem with the early farmers. The two inventions that helped them deal with the flooding problem were seed plows and irrigation systems.
Tenant farmers were more likely than sharecroppers to?
own plows
What did Egyptian farmers use to pull plows?
oxen, slaves
How were tenant farmers different from the sharecroppers?
d. usually had their own tools and animals
What do farmers use?
tractors, plows, cultivators, reapers, harvesters e.t.c
Tenant farmers were more likely than sharecroppers to what?
own plows
Did John Deere loan or sell the plows?
He did both, sold and loaned the plows out if farmers didnt have enough money. He was patient with the farmers even if it took until harvest the next fall to be paid back.
How did farmers plow fields during World War 2?
Farmers used mules to pull the implements such as plows.
Why did farmers need special plows to farm the land in the plains states?
Farmers needed special plows to farm the land in the Plains of the U.S for a few reasons. One reason was that so much of the land needed to be plowed.
More farmers chose to settle in the prairie in the 1830s because of the invention of?
steel plows
