ag history By elderjake Sep 6, 1793 cotton gin- Eli whitney Sep 6, 1800 iron plow-tomas jefferson Sep 6, 1834 grain reaper-cyrus mccormick Sep 6, 1834 seed planter-henry blair Sep 6, 1834 barb wire-joseph glidden Sep 6, 1836 cotton planter-henry blair Sep 6, 1837 steel moldboard plow-john deer Sep 6, 1850 corn picker-edmund quincy Sep 6, 1878 milking machain-anna baldwin Sep 6, 1879 perishable food preservation-thomas elkins Sep 6, 1890 soil improement and crop rotation-george washington carver Sep 6, 1904 tractor-ben holt Sep 12, 1917 smith hughes Sep 12, 1928 ffa became a national organisation Sep 12, 1930 creed adopted Sep 12, 1950 federal charter received Sep 12, 1965 ffa and nfa merged Sep 12, 1969 girls were allowed in ffa for the first time Sep 6, 1987 gene gun-johon sanford Sep 12, 1988 name change Sep 6, 1990 robotic milking machines Sep 6, 1993 tractor base gps technology