Survey of Ag 1st Period

  • Jethro Tull

    Jethro Tull

    Jethro Tull invented the seed drill, which made crop easier to weed and reduced the waste of seed.
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    Thomas Jefferson

    Moldboard plow.
  • George Washington

    George Washington

    George Washington, was the first large scale wheat farmer. In all. Washington's estate included 5 farms expanding more than 3,000 acre's.
  • Eli Whitney

    Eli Whitney

    He invented the cotton gin.
  • Peter Cooper

    Peter Cooper

    Peter Cooper built the Tom Thumb and started an Advanced school called the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science Art
  • Cyrus McCormick

    Cyrus McCormick

    Mechanical Reaper
  • John Lane

    John Lane

    John Lane invented the steel plow.
  • John Deere

    Invented working plows
  • john muir

    john muir

    father of national parks
  • Sir John Lawes

    Sir John Lawes created artificial fertilizer. He discovered superphosphates, which was just a combination of rock phosphate and sulfuric acid.
  • Joseph Dart

    Joseph Dart

    Joseph Dart invented the steam power grain elevator, which made storing and transporting grain easier and quicker.
  • Gregor Mendel

    Gregor Mendel

    Gregor Mendel was the one that crossed pea plants, and crossed genetics in plants.
  • Joseph Glidden

    Joseph Glidden

    He invented the barbed wire
  • Anna Baldwin

    Anna Baldwin

    She made Hygienic Glove Milker
  • John Froelich

    John Froelich created the first stable gasoline powered tractor
  • George Washington Carver

    George Washington Carver

    Told everyone about the wonders of agriculture
  • Clarence Birdseye

    Clarence Birdseye

    he invented a food dehydration process
  • Henry Ford

    Henry Ford

    Henry for invented the study of chemurgy. This was an experimentation for soybeans. This was used for industrial products such as, food.
  • Wallace, Henry C.

    Wallace, Henry C.

    Wallace served as the secertary of ag for 7 years
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt

    Franklin D. Roosevelt

    FDR made an Agricultural Adjustment Act which raised the cost of crops and lower how many were produced.
  • Rachel Carson

    Rachel Carson

    She wrote the book Silent Spring.