Posted by Paul on September 13, 2014 at 15:10:00 from (76.77.197.114):
In Reply to: Re: Farm advancement posted by Paul on September 13, 2014 at 12:25:18:
Seed research, with hybreds, is big. Big jump in yield with same land.
Mechanical stuff, like hydraulics, tractor itself, better harvester, is all big. Eliminate the horses with petrolium fuels and you just gained about 50% of your land - don't bed to feed the horses all year long, rip out the hay and put in corn.
Electricity was big, saved a whole lot of labor. Farm products got a lot cheaper.
Tile and drainage, was huge in this region, makes a lot of the best ground farmable.
Chemicals, from weed control, insect control, mastitis control, etc has done wonders to productivity.
All very good. Many had their start before WWI, and are before our times? I agree on REA I guess, but electricity was around before that....
This era, the computer will be the deal. Started as a calculator back in the 60s, It controls our engines, our accounting, our fertilizer calculations, our everything. Sci fi used to write about robots doing everything for us; they were a bit off, it is computers that are taking over.
Planter monitors, auto shifting, fuel feeding, hydraulic controlling, milk rooms, grain drying, irrigation systems, anything on a planter or combine these days.....
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