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It made planting seeds much faster.
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Thomas Jefferson and his son-in-law Thomas Mann Randolph worked together to develope many of the early iron and mould board plows; however, it was Charles Newbold in 1797 who patented the first cast iron plow and Jethro Wood who patented the iron plow with interchangeable parts in 1819.
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It transformed cotton into a useable product by removing the cotton seed from the cotton fiber.
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It saved labor in cutting wheat, oats, and similar crops.
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It improved the cast iron plow.
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It changed picking corn from hand to machine.
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It dramtically changed raising livestock.
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Changed the dairy industry by inventing a machine to replace hand milking.
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It helped with the task of preserving food by way of refrigeration.
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Brought the science of crop rotations to use in the US.
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He commercialized its use as "Caterpillar".
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It is a device used for injecting cells with genetic information.
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Legumes make their own nitrogen. It significantly improved soil fertility in the US.
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First used in Ontario,Canada. Many benefits, one of which is reduction in labor. Initial cost is primary disadvantage especially to a small producer.
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