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Misc.
100
What did Hiram Moore invente?
What is the combine.
100
when did the USA start farming?
What is 1700s
100
Cows, pigs, chickens, and horses?
What is Animals used on a farm.
100
when was john Deere created? (company)
What is 1837
100

1980s

Biotechnology became a "thing"

200
Who invented the gas powered tractor?
What is John Froelich.
200

What was George Washington Carver Known for?

new uses for peanuts, sweet potatoes, soybeans

200
Before tractors what animal was used to pull the plow?
What is Horses as work animals.
200
When did Cyrus McCormick invent the mechanical reaper?
What is 1884
200

When did commercial corn and wheat belts develop?

1850's

300
Who invented the automatic reaper?
What is Cyrus McCormick.
300

1932-1936

Drought brought the dust bowl

300
what animal was used for three things for farming?
What is a cow.
300
What was the number of farmers in 1850?
What is 11,680,000.
300

1994

First GMO on the market - Flavr Savr Tomato

400
when was barbed wire patented?
What is 1874
400

What happened in 1887

Hatch Experimentation Station Act for federally funded government research

400
When was the horse domesticated?
What is 30,000 BC
400

When was the cotton gin invented?

1793

400

1914

Smith-Lever Act - National Extension Service

500
Who used peanuts and sweet potatoes as a fertilizer?
What is George Washington Carver.
500
In the 1800s what was the population of farmers?
What is 5,308,483.
500
When were dogs domesicated?
What is 18,000 to 32,000 years ago.
500
When was the USDA established?

1862

500

1862 AND 1890

Morrill Land Grant Act (first for white schools, second for black schools)