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.
Life in the plains was much rougher then originally expected. The ground was harder and drier then they were used to. Farmers adapted by creating heavier plows, barbed wire and making sod houses instead of wooden ones.
helped cult the soil
Farmers used the following advancements during the Middle Ages: windmills, crop rotation, and iron plows.
Before the Civil War settlers going west skipped right over the Great Plains because the thick prairie grass was too thick and hard for iron plows to manage.Blacksmith John Deere invented the steel plow which could cut through the thick sod easily. This made it possible to farm the land and therefore made the land attractive to settlers.his tiller(or something) made it so the plains could be planted with crops- motivation for farmers to move west
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Life in the plains was much rougher then originally expected. The ground was harder and drier then they were used to. Farmers adapted by creating heavier plows, barbed wire and making sod houses instead of wooden ones.
Farmers began using iron plows instead of wooden plows.
Brazilian farmers use many of the same machines that farmers in the United States and Europe use. These farmers use machines like tractors, threshers, hay balers, and plows.
Farmers began using iron plows in the late 18th century, with the spread of the Industrial Revolution. These iron plows were more durable and efficient than their wooden predecessors, leading to increased productivity in agriculture.
Farmers believed the metal poisoned the soil.
oxen, slaves
d. usually had their own tools and animals
tractors, plows, cultivators, reapers, harvesters e.t.c
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.
Farmers used mules to pull the implements such as plows.
helped cult the soil
windmills... plows... you think of some! :)