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Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1400
The Middle Ages
The land the Lord owned was his domain. He would let peasants on his to land to cultivate – these people became his tenants. Each tenant would have a half of acre of land to tend to. -
Population
farmers made up 90% of the population. Craddles and, Scythes were also invented. -
The Public land act
The public land act is passed. Land can be sold to the public in minimum of 640 acres at $2 per acre of credit. -
Iron Plow
The first cast-iron plow is invented by Charles Newbold. -
New land act
New land act passed. Purchasers can now buy as low as 80 acres of land for $1.50 per acre. The credit system was eliminated. -
Plows
Plows faced with steel saw blades start to be manufactured by John Lane -
Population
Farmers makes up 69% of the population now -
Preemptive rights
Preemptive rights gave squatters first rights to buy land -
Grain elevator
The first grain elevator is invented in Buffalo, NY -
Chemicals
Chemical fertilizer mixtures began to start being sold commercialy -
Praire Farming
Succesful farming starts to begin in the praires. The gold rush caused more railroads to be created and further expanded farming. Pershiable goods were able to be sent further without going bad. -
Graduation act
The graduation act reduced the price of unsold public land. -
Homestead act
The homestead act was passed. This would award 160 acres of land to a person who had worked it for 5 years. -
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Sharecropping System
Sharecropping sytem replaced the old style salvery system -
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Cattle Boom
Cattle boom increased the settle of the great plains. This also caused wars to break out between farmers and ranchers. -
Population
Farmers now made up 49% of the population -
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Immigrants
Most imigrants at this point were from southeastern Europe -
Census
A census at the time showed that frontier settlement was over. The combine also came into play. This reduced the ammount of work one person could do from 37 hours to 6.5 hours. Vastly increasing the farming production. -
Population
Farmers no made up about 27% of the population -
Immigration act
The imigration act greatly reduced the number of imigrants coming into the country -
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Droughts
Droughts and dust-bowls began to develop -
Population
Farmers now only made up 16% of the population but with increased production and machinery farmers were producing more foor than ever before. -
State legislation
State legislation increased to keep land in farming -
Population
The ammount of farmers in the population got as low as 6.4% -
Genetics
Genetic modification was discovered. We are now able to make plants more resistant grow faster and, grow larger. -
Immigration
Japanese and European began to buy large areas of land for ranches and farming. -
Southeast droughts
The southeats worst summ drought ever. This had huge negative affects on many farmers. -
Global Warming
Scientists claim the global warming could have huge affects on american farming. Also one of the worst droughts ever on midwestern farmers.
