Farming

Question 1

John Deere’s steel plough: date

Answer 1

1837

Question 2

What was the purpose of John Deere’s Steel plough?

Answer 2

• Could cope with the prairie soil

Question 3

McCormick mechanical reaper: date

Answer 3

1831

Question 4

Purpose of McCormick mechanical reaper?

Answer 4

Allowed large areas of grain to be harvested

Question 5

Electric fencing: date

Answer 5

1886

Question 6

Barbed wire: date

Answer 6

1874

Question 7

Who invented barbed wire?

Answer 7

Joseph Glidden

Question 8

What initially attracted settlers to the Eastern plains?

Answer 8

Success of grain

Question 9

Where did production of grain / wheat increase in the Plains?

Answer 9

Minnesota and North Dakota to Texas

Question 10

USA production of wheat increase?

Answer 10

1865 - 1.2 billion litres
1900 - 7 billion litres

Question 11

Population increase of Kansas, Nebraska, Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota?

Answer 11

1860 - 1 million
1900 - 7 million

Question 12

Where was wheat sent?

Answer 12

Europe and USA

Question 13

Who provided loans for cities to expand farms?

Answer 13

• Bankers
• Loan companies

Question 14

Who stored and sometimes sold farmers food?

Answer 14

Middlelmen

Question 15

Effect of Glidden’s barbed wire?

Answer 15

Time farmers spent maintaining fencing decreased from 4% 1850 to 1.3% in 1900.

Question 16

Sharp increase in the amount of land settled in West increased in:

Answer 16

1840s

Question 17

Population increase in West vs East:

Answer 17

in 1800 7% lived in West
In 1900 60% lived in West