FARM MACHINERY 



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Influence of farm machinery on income. 



State 



Annual income of each 

 worker 



Value of ma- 

 chinery and im- 

 plements for 

 each farm 



Florida 



$119.72 

 143.98 

 611.11 

 755.62 



$ 30.43 



Alabama 



23.40 



Iowa 



196.55 



North Dakota 



238.84 







are sufficient to indicate clearly that farm machinery is an 

 important factor in modern farming operations and that an 

 agricultural student who intends to make the farm the object 

 of his life work will do well to give a careful study of the 

 subject of machinery. 



QUESTIONS 



1. Explain some of the causes which brought about a rapid de- 

 velopment of agricultural machinery in America. 



2. What were the hand tools used in harvesting and cultivation? 



3. What effect has the use of machinery had on farm labor? 



4. Has the length of the working day changed since the introduc- 

 tion of farm machinery? Explain. 



5. How have wages changed since the time of hand production? 



6. Show how machinery has changed the work of women. 



7. Explain how production of some of the principal crops per capita 

 in the United States has changed, and also explain the changes in the 

 percentage of the population living on farms. 



8. How has the cost of production changed with the introduction 

 of machinery? 



9. What effect has machinery upon the quality of products? 



. 10. What is the ratio between the amount invested in farm ma- 

 chinery in the various states and the average income of the farm 

 workers? 



Note: The student should study the development of farm 

 machinery by consulting the older residents in the community in regard 

 to the methods in vogue during their lifetime. A study should also 

 be made of the cost of doing work by different existing methods. 



