Shane Blythe's Agriculture Timeline

  • Thresher

    Thresher

    the threshing machine for removing the husks from grain was invented by Andrew Meikle in 1786
  • Cotton Gin

    Cotton Gin

    invented by Eli Whitney to make the process of separating seed from the rest of the cotton in 1793
  • Eli Whitney

    Eli Whitney

    inventor of the cotton gin in 1793
  • Iron Plow

    Iron Plow

    invented by Thomas Jefferson in 1794
  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson invented the iron plow in 1794
  • Cyrus McCormick

    Cyrus McCormick

    Cyrus McCormick invented the reaper in 1831
  • Reaper

    Reaper

    a harvester that was invented in 1831 by Cyrus McCormick
  • Combine

    Combine

    The combine was invented in the United States by Hiram Moore in 1834
  • Steel Plow

    Steel Plow

    John Deere invented the steel plow in 1837
  • John Deere

    John Deere

    invented the steel plow and they are also the leading producer of farm equipment
  • Corn Picker

    Corn Picker

    Edmund Quincy invented the corn picker. He invented it for speeding up the process of harvesting foods like corn and other vegetables
  • George Washington Carver

    George Washington Carver

    United States botanist and agricultural chemist who developed many uses for peanuts and soy beans and sweet potatoes from 1864 to 1943
  • Barbed Wire

    Barbed Wire

    Joseph Glidden invented barbed wire in 1867
  • Anna Baldwin

    Anna Baldwin

    a device that offered a better method of treating milk to make pomade and butter in 1868
  • Milking Machine

    Milking Machine

    Invented by Anna Baldwin in 1868 to make milking cows easier
  • Benjamin Holt

    Benjamin Holt

    American inventor who patented and manufactured the first practical crawler-type tread tractor in 1871
  • Tractor

    Tractor

    the first tractor was invented by Benjamin Holt in 1892