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Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin, which contributes to the success of cotton as a Southern cash crop.
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Thomas Moore of Maryland invents the icebox refrigerator
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Jethro Wood patents iron plow with interchangeable parts
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Tractor pioneer John Deere created the first self-cleaning plow made from an old saw; John Deere began mass-producing his newly popular saws instead of making them on-demand, a customary practice for blacksmiths at the time.
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Sir John Lawes founded the commercial fertilizer industry by developing a process for making superphosphate
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The inventor of the Steam Tractor is Thomas Aveling, he invented his first Steam Traction Engine.
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The first business devoted exclusively to making tractors is established
