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Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin to transform cotton to a usable poduct by removing the cottonseed from the cotton fiber. -
Iron Plow
Thomas Jefferson inventor of the first iron plow -
Grain Reaper
Cyrus McCormick invented the reaper to save labor in cutting, wheat, oats, and simiple crops. -
Seed Planter
Henry Blair -
Cotton Planter
Henry Blair -
Steel Moldboard Plow
John Deere improved the iron plow by inventing the steel moldboard plow -
Corn Picker
Edmund Quincy -
Barbed Wire
Joseph Glidden dramatically changed raising livestock. Barbed wire tattoos came much later -
Milking Machine
Anna Baldwin changed the dairy the dairy industry by inventing a machine to replace hand milking -
Perishable Food Preservation
Thomas Elkins designed a device that helped with the task of preserving perishable foods by way of refrigeration -
Soil Improvement and Crop Rotation
George Washington Carver developed crop rotations and the use of legumes to significantly improve soil fertility in the U.S. south -
Tractor
Ben Holt invented the tractor the tractor which came to replace mules as the sources of power (horse power) -
Gene Gun
John Sanford developed a device for injecting cells with genetic information -
Smith-Hughes Act
Established funding for vocational agriculture in high school -
FFA became a National Organization
A network of teachers guided the establishment of FFA as a team effort to establish a club for boys with similar farm interests -
Creed Adopted
The FFA creed was adopted -
FFA recievd a Federal Charter from Congress
Became one of a few student organizations to recieve a Federal Charter from Congress -
FFA and NFA Merged
FFA and NFA Merged -
Girls were Allowed to Join
Girls were allowed to join FFA for the first time -
FFA Name Changed
FFA changed their name -
Robot Miliking Machines
Improved Milikng Machine from earlier -
GPS Technology
Tractor based GPS systems
