Agriculture

Then and Now

Work Force

• More than 25% of people work in agriculture or some related field

• Many changes have occurred throughout the years

Then vs. Now

• People living on Farms– 1800’s = 70%– Now = 2%

• Amount of time to produce an acre of wheat– 1800’s = 55 hours– Now = 1 hour

History of the Engine

• John Froelich– First gasoline tractor in 1892

History of the Engine

• Rudolph Diesel– Produced the

first diesel engine in 1898

JOHN DEERE PLOW

Allowed people to move west!

Edmund Quincy invented first mechanical picker

George Washington Carver

• First person to Diversity Agriculture– Grew peanuts,

sweet potatoes, and soybeans