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Jan 1, 1000
Stone hoe with wooden handle
People would use hoes to make it easer to cultivate fields and to be able to collect crops easer Mesopotamia in the 5th millennium BC. -
Scythe
The scythe helped farmers cut and gather there crops faster than cuting them down by hand. -
John Deere steel plow
The John Deere steel plow really helped farmers to be able to work more ground faster. -
Irrigation
Irrigation helped grow better crops and would increse profits. -
Riding cultivator
The cultivator really helped farmers work the ground fast and get a nice seed bed for planting crops. -
Riding Drills and Planters
With riding drills and planters farmers would no longer have to plant seed by hand. -
Waterloo Boy
The waterloo boy was invented by John Froelich and was the first gasoline powerd tractor. -
John Deere model "D"
The model "D" was John Deeres first production tractor and it had about 30 hores power. -
First pull type combine
The pull type combine helped speed up harvast and took less manual labor than cuting and gathering crops then thrashing them. -
Baler
The baler made it easyer to gather and feed hay to livestock. -
Cotton Picker
Internatonal harvester invented the first pull type cotton picker wich hellped farmers because it reduced the labor needed. -
No-tillage
No-till is where a farmer wouldn't work the ground befor planting the next crop. -
Satellite technology
Satellite technology helps farmers plant crops without stiring and they are able to plant more acuretly.