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Improving in farming
The Binghamton Chamber of Commerce suggested that a demonstration farm be established to help with farming. Since many farms were not staying alive and most crops, and animals were dying. Another plan was to hire someone to be the county agricultural expert. So, they hired someone who just graduated to take over that role. -
Inspecting Meat packaging plants
A man named sinclair suggest that the federal inspectors should be disguised as workers in the meatpacking houses. That way they could find out the true conditions of the plants in the warehouses. -
The World changed farming
The United States Department of Agriculture urged American farmers and ranchers to increase the produce. Farm prices were doubled the price it was before. The Farm Credit Loan Act helped provided long-term loans for farmers because they were struggling to produce crops and were not being paid much since prices went up for crops. -
Expansion of crops and studies
Many plants were made with two or more varieties of plants genetics to make one new plant. In 1906 G. H. Shull, a geneticist was experimenting inheritance in corn and he was observing and found the reduction of virgo. Also, many people said that hybrid corn was not a very feasible because of how less the corn has virgo. Windborne pollen would affect the fertilization of plants.Cross breeding is breeding that is being done with two different type of parents. -
Women's land Army of America
Women were trying to work on farms. They were trying to do this because food production was down. Also, they wanted to make sure that since the men of the families were drafted into the war, that the farms were taken care of. That way many crops, meat were produced so no one runs out. -
In need of Agriculture education
After World War l, a college was opening courses dealing with agriculture. The U.S. Department of Agriculture wanted to add agricultural extension work giving instructions and demonstrations of agriculture in schools. -
The development of the radio
Italian Guglielmo Marconi and Canadian Reginald Fessenden they were pioneers. It changed society because many people would be able to listen to music while doing anything like gardening, and doing something in mechanics. -
Exploring and Collecting Plant Life
National Arboretum developed cultivate, and preserve fast-growing pest- and disease-resistant strains of pulp trees, shrubs, and woody plants. Other governments have been exploring and collecting plants from everywhere else in the world. The research manages around 446 acres of gardens that shows the plants, how it impacts the environment The arboretum researchers produce a zone map to help farmers know where to put crops so that way they stay in good conditions. -
Drought and Depression
Many fields and farms where drying up. Many cattle couldn't be feed because of how dry the land was. A lot of crops wouldn't be able to be grown and with that money was short because they could produce crops, food to sell to people. -
The stock market crash
The stick market was still crashing since October 1929. The prices of crops ( wheat, corn) was plummeted more than %25. The number of acres fell also because of the drought during this year and many farm land could not produce crops. -
Federal Drought Relief Committee
The federal drought relief committee was to help reduce rail rates for hay, feed, water, and most definitely crops. Also, dealing with increased road and dam construction. The rail rates would help economic depression, by people who don't have much things get the things they need. Also, if they wouldn't or don't have a form of transportation it would help people walk to places they may need to go. -
The dust bowl
The dust bowl took away mainly topsoil in texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, New Mexico, and Colorado. The dust bowl made plowing of fields and leaving the soil exposed before planting in the spring a lot harder because many things were missing like soil. Many farmers where forced to move out of their land because of the dust bowl, mostly because they wouldn't exactly have any farm left.
