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Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin to transform cotton to s usable product by removing the cottonseed from the cotton fiber.
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Thomas Jefferson is the inventor of the first iron plow.
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Cyrus McCormick invented the grain reaper to save labor in cutting, wheat, oats, and similar crops .
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invented by Henry Blair.
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invented by Henry Blair
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John Deere improved the iron plow by inventing the steel moldboard plow.
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It was invented by Edmund Quincy.
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Joseph Glidden dramatically changed raising live stock. Barbed wire tattoos came much later.
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Anna Baldwin changed the dairy industry by inventing a machine to replace hand milking.
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Thomas Elkins designed a device that helped with the task of preserving foods by by way of refrigeration.
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George Washington Carver developed crop rotations and the use of legumes (plants that make thier own nitrogen, ie. peanuts to significantly improve soil fertility in the U.S. south.
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Ben Holt invented the tractor which came to replace the mule as the sources of power (horse power).
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John Sanford developed a device for injecting cells with genetic information.
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First used in Ontario, Canada. Many benefits one of which is reduction in labor. Initial cost is primary disadvantage especially to small producer.
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Tractor based GPS systems together with sophisticated GIS (Geographic Information Systems) uses a wide variety of techniques to gather data such as soil condition, humidity, temperature and other variables, which the system then uses to control such things as intensity of planting, application of fertilizer and pesticides, watering schedules, etc.