ag history

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    ag history

  • cotton gin

    eli whitney invented the cotton gin.
  • iron plow-thomas jefferson

  • grain reaper-cyrus McCormink

  • seed planter-henry blair

  • cotton planter-henry blair

  • steel moldboard plow- john deer

  • corn picker-edmund quincy

  • barbed wire-joseph glidden

  • milking machine-anna baldwin

  • perishable rood presrvation- thomas elkins

  • soil improvement and crop rotaion

    george washinton carver developed crop roation and the use of legumes.
  • tractor-ban holt

  • smith- hodges act-money for ag classes

  • FFA became a national organtation

  • NFA for blacks

  • ffa gains a federal charter

  • ffa and nfa merged

  • girls joined ffa

  • gene gun-john sanford

  • name change

  • tractor gps1993

  • robotic milking