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horse drawn seed driller
jethro tull is credited with inventing the first horse drawn seed drill in england -
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Timeline
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Cotton Gin
eli whitney invented the cotton gin to transform cotton to a usable product by removing the cotton seed from the cotton fiber -
iron plow
created by thomas jefferson and his son in law thomas mann randolph -
Grain reaper
Cyrus mccormick invented the reaper to save labor in cutting wheat and oats -
seed planter planter
henry blair se ond black inventor to receive patent -
cotton planter
henry blair -
steel moldboad plow
john deere improved the iron plow -
corn picker
edmund quincy -
barbed wire
joseph glidden dramatically changed raising livestock -
milking machine
anna baldwin invented the milking machine to stopnhand milking -
refrigerator
thomas elkins preserving perishble foods -
george washington carver
soil improvement and crop rotation -
tractor
benjamin holt invented the track type tractor and commercializzed catterpillar -
smith hughes act
establishes vocational classes -
virginia was the first
to have ffa -
ffa became national organization
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nfa
new farmers of america was formed for black students -
national charter
ffa got federal charter -
merge
nfa ffa merged -
girls
were allowed in ffa -
name change
ffa changed to national ffa organization -
gene gun
john sanford developed a device for injecting cells with genetic info -
robotic milking machine
first used in ontario canada -
gps technology
tractor based gps system -
return to loiusville
finished 7 year run in indiana