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Horse and mules were very important during the 20th century. They were mostly used for hauling plows.
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The first 4-H group was founded in 1902 in Clark County Ohio by A.B. Graham. It was first know as the tomato or corn growing club.
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Best known for the dams, power plants, and canals. These water projects led to homesteading and promoted the economic development of the West. It was established in 1902.
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Marion Dorset of the USDA's Bureau of Animal Industry discovered that hog cholera is an ultramicroscopic virus.
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The technology of farming started to advance. For ex: equipment like plows and different processes with crops.
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A video from 1916 shows the processing of wool after sheep are shorn.
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created in 1918 from a need for food production during World War I. Most men were in war therefor farms were lacking workers and food.They recruited Women to work on farms.
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The mount of people working a farming job decreased a lot from 1850 to 1920. Most likely because there are more jobs open and the technology has advanced.
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The government started to care and pay more attention to Americans nutrition.
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The first hybrid corn is produced and sold commercially.
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in Kansas City, Mo 33 students from 18 states gathered to form the Future Farmers of America.
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Because of the stock market crash of October 1929 millions of investors were wiped out. steep declines in industrial output and employment as failing companies laid off workers.
