https://padlet.com/jwalke40/hoinyseku8ykqzsc en-us 2023-08-31 15:08:48 UTC 2023-09-06 21:05:16 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f468-1f33e.png jwalke40 https://padlet.com/jwalke40/hoinyseku8ykqzsc/wish/2687447037 Faced with being a widowed mother of four, and sole owner of a farm in California, it was her determination and will to learn that led her to change the way water in the United States is managed. After discovering the profitability of growing walnuts she planted 150 acres on her farm. That's when Harriet realized the copious amounts of water needed for the cultivation of her new cash crop.]]> 2023-09-06 20:10:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jwalke40/hoinyseku8ykqzsc/wish/2687447037 jwalke40 https://padlet.com/jwalke40/hoinyseku8ykqzsc/wish/2687460302 Harriet Strong overcame her newfound obstacles by planting grass between the seeds and designed elaborate irrigation and dam systems to take advantage of storm water and properly water her thirsty walnuts. These inventions allowed walnut production to thrive in the dry soil of California where it had only suffered before ("A strong will" USTPO, Dec, 2019).]]> 2023-09-06 20:18:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jwalke40/hoinyseku8ykqzsc/wish/2687460302 jwalke40 https://padlet.com/jwalke40/hoinyseku8ykqzsc/wish/2687476718 Finding the stone age wheel ineffective for farming in wet soil and soft land, Benjamin set out to develop a system of tracs that automatically lay one in front of the other and distribute weight called the continuous track. Today these tracks are a product of Caterpillar which, as you may know is way more than agriculture.]]> 2023-09-06 20:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jwalke40/hoinyseku8ykqzsc/wish/2687476718 jwalke40 https://padlet.com/jwalke40/hoinyseku8ykqzsc/wish/2687479927 Originally designed for the purpose of agricultural innovation, this technology went on to be an important tool used by builders, excavaders, loggers, and the military. This was used a lot in WWI to carry soldiers and supplies across the battlefield ("Benjamin Holt" National Inventors Hall of Fame).]]> 2023-09-06 20:40:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jwalke40/hoinyseku8ykqzsc/wish/2687479927 jwalke40 https://padlet.com/jwalke40/hoinyseku8ykqzsc/wish/2687491508 Local celebrity being born in Newport, DE, in 1776, Oliver Evans was not born into a farming family instead he grew up with twelve siblings and his father was a shoemaker. His inventiveness became apparent in his early twenties' when he improved the production of wool and attempted to patent a steam powered wagon. When he took over a flour production plant from his brothers he used existing machinery and developed and process that automates the production of flower greatly increasing the production rate.]]> 2023-09-06 20:54:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jwalke40/hoinyseku8ykqzsc/wish/2687491508 jwalke40 https://padlet.com/jwalke40/hoinyseku8ykqzsc/wish/2687496780 After some time Oliver received his patents for this new prototype flour mill. Originating in Brandywine Valley, Delaware this model was stolen by many companies and the quality of flour produced in the U.S. was permanently improved. Oliver spend a big part of his life defending his patents' in court and battling for ownership of this idea. ("Oliver Evans" National Park Service, Sep, 2021)]]> 2023-09-06 21:02:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jwalke40/hoinyseku8ykqzsc/wish/2687496780