Impact of Mechanical Farming Tools on Georgia's Agriculture

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What improvements were made to tractors after WWII?

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Tractors had diesel engines, rubber tires, and were relatively lightweight.

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How did improved tractors affect farming tasks?

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They could be used for most farming tasks and required only one driver.

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What was the impact of new farming equipment on sharecropping in Georgia?

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It led to the decline of sharecropping and tenant farming as machines replaced farm workers.

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What happened to displaced farm workers in Georgia after WWII?

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They moved to urban areas looking for jobs, causing a shift in population distribution.

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How did mechanical farming tools affect the size and number of farms in Georgia by 1969?

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The number of farms decreased, but the size of farms increased.

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What change occurred in the types of farming in Georgia post-WWII?

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Farmers reduced the number of crops and turned to raising more poultry and livestock.

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Industrialization

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changing from small-scale production to large-scale manufactoring and production

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Manufactoring

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The creation of new products from raw materials

Examples of manufacturing include automotive companies, bakeries, shoemakers and tailors, as they all create products, rather than providing services.

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Sharecropping

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Sharecropping is a system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop.

These farmers borrowed everything (tools, animals, homes) from the landowner

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Mechanical Farming Tools

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powered machinery and equipment used in agriculture to increase production.

Some examples of mechanical farming tools include:

• Tractors:

• Combine harvesters:

• Plows: