Agriculture Inventions

Gang Plow

• It has 12-14 blades.
• It was invented by John Deere.
• It was invented in the 1870s.
• It was made of steel instead of wood.

Cast Iron Plow

• It was reinforced with metal and not wood.
• It was invented in 1875.
• Had three rows of teeth.

Spring Tooth Harrow

• It was used to smooth the ground.
• Invented in 1869.
• It loosened soil.
• It used levers.

Flying Shuttle

• Used for weaving
• doubled what a weaver could do daily.
• Helped produce more clothes.

Mold Board Plow

• Invented by the ancient chinese civilization
• It helped the crops
• It flipped the rich soil up
• Made with wood

Corn picker

• Made in 1850 by Edmund Quincy
• Helped pick corn quickly
• It pushed the corn

Combine

• Helped harvest crops
• Had removable heads
• It was invented in 1834

Cotton Gin

• removed seeds from cotton
• caused slavery to increase and not decrease
• Was invented in North Carolina
• machine carried out the work of 100 men