Shane Blythe's Agriculture Timeline

By Shane Blythe

  • Thresher

    Thresher
    the threshing machine for removing the husks from grain was invented by Andrew Meikle in 1786

  • Cotton Gin

    Cotton Gin
    invented by Eli Whitney to make the process of separating seed from the rest of the cotton in 1793

  • Eli Whitney

    Eli Whitney
    inventor of the cotton gin in 1793

  • Iron Plow

    Iron Plow
    invented by Thomas Jefferson in 1794

  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson
    Thomas Jefferson invented the iron plow in 1794

  • Cyrus McCormick

    Cyrus McCormick
    Cyrus McCormick invented the reaper in 1831

  • Reaper

    Reaper
    a harvester that was invented in 1831 by Cyrus McCormick

  • Combine

    Combine
    The combine was invented in the United States by Hiram Moore in 1834

  • Steel Plow

    Steel Plow
    John Deere invented the steel plow in 1837

  • John Deere

    John Deere
    invented the steel plow and they are also the leading producer of farm equipment

  • Corn Picker

    Corn Picker
    Edmund Quincy invented the corn picker. He invented it for speeding up the process of harvesting foods like corn and other vegetables

  • George Washington Carver

    George Washington Carver
    United States botanist and agricultural chemist who developed many uses for peanuts and soy beans and sweet potatoes from 1864 to 1943

  • Barbed Wire

    Barbed Wire
    Joseph Glidden invented barbed wire in 1867

  • Anna Baldwin

    Anna Baldwin
    a device that offered a better method of treating milk to make pomade and butter in 1868

  • Milking Machine

    Milking Machine
    Invented by Anna Baldwin in 1868 to make milking cows easier

  • Benjamin Holt

    Benjamin Holt
    American inventor who patented and manufactured the first practical crawler-type tread tractor in 1871

  • Tractor

    Tractor
    the first tractor was invented by Benjamin Holt in 1892