I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Irishman Harry Ferguson is part of American Agriculture History. He’s credited with developing and patent the first hydraulic lift with automatic …
American Agriculture History Minute: Agriculture Continues Expansion and Diversification
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. In the early 1900s, American agriculture continued to expand and diversify. The first ten years of the century, George Washington Carver, …
American Agriculture History Minute: First Major Agriculture Revolution
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. The 1870s was the first major agricultural revolution with moving from hand power to horsepower. But also in the 1870s, silos …
American Agriculture History Minute: Development of the Wealthy Apple
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. In 1860, Horace Greeley wrote in his New York Tribune newspaper, “I would not live in Minnesota because you can’t grow …
American Agriculture History Minute: Anna Baldwin Changes the Dairy Industry Forever
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Anna Baldwin is part of American agriculture history. In 1879, she patented the first milking machine that replaced hand milking. Her …
American Agriculture History Minute: Future Bright for Colorado After Discovery of Gold, Silver, and the Railroad
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Early settlers found a lot to like once they crossed the Appalachians and settled in states like Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and …
American Agriculture History Minute: First Motor Truck for Agriculture Hauling Introduced
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Machinery, livestock, and crops have always been needed to be moved around the farm or to market. Two-wheel carts suffice for …
American Agriculture History Minute: Advancement of Soybeans
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Soybeans were not widely cultivated in the U.S. until the early 1930s, but by 1942, the U.S. became the world’s largest …
American Agriculture History Minute: First Grain Powered Grain Elevator Developed
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Joseph Dart is part of American agriculture history. Though born in Connecticut, he soon moved to Buffalo, New York and it …
American Agriculture History Minute: Conservation to Control Flood Waters Begins
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. In 1885, Harriet Strong made a study about the shortage of water in Nevada, including control of floodwaters and water storage. …
American Agriculture History Minute: Wheat Production Grows with the Railroad
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Wheat production grew as new railroads connected farms and markets. In between 1875 and 1890, bonanza farms, as they were called, …
American Agriculture History Minute: Midlings Purifier Installed for Wheat Growers
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Early settlers in Minnesota soon discovered they could not grow the same variety of wheat as their counterparts in Nebraska and …
American Agriculture History Minute: National Road Developed
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. It was called the National Road. No, not Route 66. That would come nearly 100 years later. This National Road, built …
American Agriculture History Minute: Ohio Early Corn Production Leader
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Once early settlers crossed the Appalachians, many had had enough of that kind of rough travel and settled in what is …