1800's American History?

Question

Can someone tell me about American inventions that relate to farming and agriculture in the 1800’s?

Answer 1

Certainly the reaper and the cotten gin come to mind

Answer 2

Check out the WikiPedia links below for American inventions during the 1800's.

Answer 3

Number one biggy: a serviceable plow.

Number two biggy: the cotton gin.

From there, the list starts to fall off in importance, but you might even want to address some of the infrastructure/commerce inventions such as the steam boat and canal systems that carried ag goods to market. Not sure if you want to address ranching or the railroad, or the ... Geez, so many things relate in one way or another, but I think I gave you the biggest two.

Good luck.

Answer 4

Cyrus Hall McCormick (February 15, 1809 - May 13, 1884) of Virginia was an Irish American farmer, inventor, businessman, marketer and newspaper editor. He became famous as the inventor of the mechanical reaper in 1831. He moved to Chicago, and was the founder, with his brothers Leander and William, of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company which became part of International Harvester Corporation in 1902.

Cyrus McCormick's father, Robert Hall McCormick, invented numerous labor-saving devices for agricultural use, and by 1831 had produced what would become known as the reaper. Robert's wife, Polly, encouraged Robert to give his inventions as a gift to their assertive and business-minded son, Cyrus, and encourage him to make the most of it. The reaper was demonstrated in tests in 1831 and was patented by Cyrus in 1834.

In 1847 the inventor, now also a skilled businessman, moved to Chicago, where he established large centralized works for manufacturing his agricultural implements. The McCormick reaper sold well as a result of savvy and innovative business practices. He offered no-haggle pricing, credit and financing, money-back guarantees on performance, and interchangeable replacement parts. His products came onto the market just as the development of railroads offered wide distribution to distant market areas. He developed marketing and sales techniques, developing a vast network of trained salesmen able to demonstrate operation of the machines in the field. William H. Seward said of McCormick's invention that owing to it "the line of civilization moves westward thirty miles each year." The company's most famous advertisement featured an epic painting by Emanuel Leutze with the slogan, “Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way with McCormick Reapers in the Van”.

Answer 5

The winchester repeating rifle:
Used to steal land from the indians for the gringos to grow their crops on.

Answer 6

cotton gin for one. probably a wheat threshing machine too, or the steel plow.