the Irish potato famine
New technology helped send farmers into debt
to help struggling farmers make a profit The Farmers Alliance was organized by states in the South. This movement was big during the 1870s and 1880s.
to help struggling farmers make a profit The Farmers Alliance was organized by states in the South. This movement was big during the 1870s and 1880s.
They had to borrow money to buy seed, fertilizer, and equipment.
In the 1880s, American farmers faced significant challenges, including falling crop prices and rising debt levels due to increased mechanization and competition. Many farmers struggled with harsh weather conditions and the impacts of drought, particularly in the Great Plains. This period also saw the rise of agrarian movements, such as the Grange and the Populist Party, which sought to address the economic difficulties of farmers by advocating for reforms like railroad regulation and the coinage of silver. Overall, the 1880s marked a time of both hardship and growing political activism among American farmers.
the Irish potato famine
They were heavy consumers
They grew mostly cash crops.
Farmers faced loosing their land because of hardships in paying their loans.
New technology helped send farmers into debt
Grow tobacco and cotton
They had to borrow money to buy seed, fertilizer, and equipment.
They grew mostly cash crops.
They grew mostly cash crops.
Grew crash crops such as cotton and tobacco
Grew crash crops such as cotton and tobacco
Farmers in Tasmania in the 1880s feared that the Thylacine was a threat to their livestock. Bowing to the farmers' concerns, the government not only allowed the thylacine to be hunted! but offered a bounty for dead adults and the joeys as well.