The History of Farming By sd537 Jan 1, 1790 Cradle & Scythe Jan 1, 1793 Cotton Gin Jan 1, 1797 First Cast Iron Plow Jan 1, 1800 Without michinery Oxen and horses for power, crude wooden plows, all sowing by hand, cultivating by hoe, hay and grain cutting with sickle, and threshing with flail. This they had to do all on there lonesom without modern day technology. Jan 14, 1819 Food canning established Jan 1, 1834 Plows faced with steal saw blades Jan 14, 1837 practical threshing machine Jan 14, 1842 First grain elivator Jan 14, 1849 mixed chemical fertilizers Jan 14, 1870 silos Jan 14, 1870 Deep well drilling widely used Jan 14, 1910 gas tractors Jan 14, 1930 all purpose rubber tired tractors Jan 14, 1965 Sewer loans granted
