Homestead act

Farming/Ranching Milestones of the Progressive Era

  • Sod Houses

    Sod Houses

    Were common on the praires as wood was limited.
  • Steel Plow

    Steel Plow

    Invented by John Deere. Allowed farmers to plow the different soil type in the west.
  • McCormick Reaper

    McCormick Reaper

    Invented by Robert mcCormick
  • Grain Drill

    Grain Drill

    Invented by Moses and Samuel Pennock.
  • Homestead Act

    Homestead Act

    Provided 160 free acres to the head of a family who resided onthe land for five years.
  • Morrill Act

    Morrill Act

    Land for the creation of land grant colleges.
  • National Grange Forms

    National Grange Forms

    American Agricultural advocacy group.
  • Cord Binder

    Cord Binder

    Invented by Charles Withington
  • Timber Culture Act

    Timber Culture Act

    Allowed homesteaders to get another 160 acres of land if they planted trees on 1/4 of the land.
  • Barbed Wire Invented

    Barbed Wire Invented

    Joseph Glidden
  • Desert Land Act

    Desert Land Act

    Encourage growth of the Western States
  • Farmer's Alliance Forms

    Farmer's Alliance Forms

    Organized Economic movement among farmers.