3 Agricultural Technologies During The G.I. Generation
3 Agricultural Technologies During The G.I. Generation
Dion Robinson
3.1 Technological Influence
Keywords
- Catastrophic events- catastrophic events are distinguished from environmental stochasticity in that they are relatively unpredictable and infrequent events that exceed the more extreme limits of normal year-to-year variation in environmental conditions
- Fertilizer- a chemical or natural substance added to soil or land to increase its fertility
- High yields-producing a large amount; giving a high return:
- Pasteurization- the partial sterilization of a product, such as milk or wine, to make it safe for consumption and improve its keeping quality
- Inventive- having the ability to create or design new things or to think originally
- Reforestation-the process of replanting an area with trees
- Droughts-a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water
- Threshers- a person or machine that separates grain from the plants by beating
- Mass Production- the production of large quantities of a standardized article by an automated mechanical process
- Combustion Engine- is a heat engine in the sense that it transfers the energy released by the heat generated by the combustion of gasoline into mechanical work, or torque. Torque is given to the wheels in order for the automobile to move forward.
Learning Objectives
- By the end of this chapter, students should be able to:
- Identify the three main causes of the Dust Bowl
- What agricultural technologies were developed during the early 1900s?
- The “Great Migration” and the societal effects on agriculture in the Midwest.
The developed technologies in the agriculture industry during the early 1900s in the United States lead to a nationwide disaster. The silent generation had plenty of technological breakthroughs, although responsibility with that technology wasn’t considered. The great plain used this technology to create a phenomenon we’d never seen before, scattering dust across the country. All due to poor technological, economical, and legislative planning. It would soon be called the Dust Bowl. This was a result of not knowing what the technologies we were implementing would do to the land that they were being exercised on. Ultimately leading to a great migration of a sizable population, from the Midwest to the west towards states like Oregon, California, and Washington.
Detailed letters of individuals that had first-hand experiences in the catastrophic events, and what technologies/methods lead to that unfortunate set of events. The desire for certain crops and mass production was at an all-time high in our society’s history. This failure led to better laws helping the environment and the land that was being cultivated. To prevent another event like this to occur and lead to improvements in overall agriculture nationwide.
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