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Sod Houses
Were common on the praires as wood was limited. -
Steel Plow
Invented by John Deere. Allowed farmers to plow the different soil type in the west. -
McCormick Reaper
Invented by Robert mcCormick -
Grain Drill
Invented by Moses and Samuel Pennock. -
Homestead Act
Provided 160 free acres to the head of a family who resided onthe land for five years. -
Morrill Act
Land for the creation of land grant colleges. -
National Grange Forms
American Agricultural advocacy group. -
Cord Binder
Invented by Charles Withington -
Timber Culture Act
Allowed homesteaders to get another 160 acres of land if they planted trees on 1/4 of the land. -
Barbed Wire Invented
Joseph Glidden -
Desert Land Act
Encourage growth of the Western States -
Farmer's Alliance Forms
Organized Economic movement among farmers.
