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The Public Land Act authorized federal land sales to the public in minimum 640-acre at 2 dollars per acre in an attempt to encourage settlement in the western lands.
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Helped cotton farmers increase cotton crop production.
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New technologies in farms and in transportation resulted in a growth in agriculture exports. From 1810-1819, the average annul value of agriculture exports totaled $40 million/year or 87% of total exports
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Washington began experimenting with crops, but then he created the mule and believed that it would revolutionize farming.
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The Homestead Act offered 160 acres of free land to settlers who would farm it for five years, making the Great Plains a land of opportunity. Homesteaders rushed to fill the open lands.
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Availability of barbed
wire allowed fencing of
rangeland, ending era
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Machines had drastically reduced the amount of manpower required on farms. This increased productivity freed more Americans to pursue new endeavors in industry and in the arts and sciences.
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As fields and streams dried up agriculture was going down hill. Cattle couldn't fed, crops failed, and money was short which meant less food on the table for families.
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The law set up a framework to guide farm work in agriculture in the United States
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Tractors have significantly impacted farm labor and productivity.