Agricultural Timeline by Amanda Walcott

Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin

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The cotton gin was a machine that separated cotton fibers from seeds using a revolving cylinder with wire spikes.

Cyrus McCormick's Mechanical Reaper

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A horse-drawn machine that revolutionized agriculture and made it possible for farmers to harvest crops more efficiently.

John Deere's Steel Plow

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This plow allowed farmers to cut through heavy soil without breaking the plow.

Horse Drawn Combines

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Combine harvesters were pulled by horses, mules, or oxen to combine the processes of reaping, threshing, and winnowing.

Steam-Powered Tractors

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The first engine-powered farm tractors.

Gang Plow

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A plow designed to turn two or more furrows at one time.

Horse-Drawn Combine Harvester

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A machine that could reap, thresh, and winnow cereal grains, all in one process.

John Froelich's Gasoline Tractor

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The first successful gasoline-powered tractor that could move forward and backward.

Farmall Tractor

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The first commercially successful (and affordable) row-crop tractor, and it was known for its tricycle configuration, visibility, power, cost, and ease of use.