1. Railroads- Railroads in each area were often controlled by one company, enabling those railroads to charge what they wanted. Railroads were the only way for many western farmers to get their produce to market and high prices were always charged. Railroads controlled storage, elevators, and warehouses so the prices the farmers paid were very high.…
West Virginia Farm Bureau I understand that and have read you "about us" under your home page which was reiterated above. Farm Bureau of American, (and I do appreciate all you do for us Farmers); however, PLEASE explain the link to this and Sunday Hunting? What does it have to do with "The purpose of Farm Bureau is to make the business of farming more profitable, and the community a better place to live" and if it's such a big deal then explain to my why 42 other farming states allow Sunday Hunting and their Farm Bureau didn't utilize their strong legislative voice to house or senate? Let's take one of the biggest agriculture states "Kansas" They allow Sunday hunting, I have a lot of buddies who lease land out their because they can hunt on…
The 1870s-1900s was a great era for the government and as well as the people. The…
Jasper F. Cropsey is one of the famous American landscape painters of the second generation of the Hudson River School during the 19th century. In his work American Harvesting (1851) that is now kept in the IU art museum, he presents the American landscape as an uncorrupted and prosperous Eden, where human beings live there effortlessly as masters of nature. The most recognizable stylistic feature in his work would be the balance of wilderness and civilization, which is accomplished through the use of light and color. He depicts the landscape in a massive scale, and also plays with large and small forms using proportion.…
“ The coming of the railroads was the main reason for the growth of the cattle industry on the Plains in the years 1865-85”…
Agricultural efficiency gains in eighteenth century Europe can be attributed to a number of factors. Economic growth increased demand for crop production, and farmers were incentivized to raise productivity in order to achieve higher living standards becoming prevalent in cities. These productivity gains were achieved through innovations in agricultural technology, techniques, and tools. Farms improved their selective breeding techniques, and environmental changes helped produce more favorable yields. Further, the amount of labor needed per acre fell because of these improvements and the move towards large scale farming. In the eighteenth…
The turn of the twentieth century brought profound changes to millions of Americans, and African Americans and farmers were no exception. Crop failures, economic hardships, and the failures of Reconstruction stimulated a Great Migration of southern blacks to northern cities. Racism and a glutted labor market prevented many African Americans from attaining the better life they sought. Despite these setbacks, they established new cultural institutions and modified older ones to meet the needs of urban life. Farmers didn't have it any easier, problems brought about an Agrarian Revolt in the 1890's.…
Times were difficult in Habersham County. The skyrocketing prices of fuel and food were threatening to bankrupt the Johnson family’s small farm, which was no match for the multi-million-dollar mega-farms that had been popping up all over the southeast. Joseph, the family patriarch, was especially troubled by the farm’s financial circumstances. He knew that this year’s corn crop was his best chance to save the farm, and his distress was evident to his family as they sat around the dinner table.…
Dickinson claimed that the British Empire should have acted in accordance with their previous agreements with the colonies, and is now instead, using the colonies as some sort of cash cow, in which the colonies themselves do not benefit, but the British Empire certainly does. He accuses Britain of feeding Americans the same story with “a different cover.” He is intolerant of their shenanigans, and encourages other to wake up and see what is actually going on.…
There were many problems faced by both farmers and immigrants in the late 1800’s. The economy was very shaky, the government was not stepping up to help, and the immigrants faced harsh times in their coming to America. Eventually many groups were formed to help with these issues.…
The 19th century was an important era in United States history. From many new advancements in industry to a drastic change in social behavior. From independent farm life to the start of urban development. Changes that have impacted society even to this day. By 1925, the massive growth from 44 million people in 1875, to 114 million people gave a broader perspective on how life should be lived in the ever expanding nation. Farms were the basis of American culture since Virginia was first founded back in 1625. People need food to live and land to grow it on. America has plenty of land to cultivate so it’s the perfect place for an agriculturally based society. Let’s start from before the civil war began and work our way up to the popularity of urbanization through the beginning of the 20th century.…
The 1880s were a very difficult period for the farmers in the Great Plains and the West. The United States was going through many changes economically and socially. The farmers suffered most through these changes. Farmers faced droughts, insect plagues, and living in sod houses because of the climate in the Great Plains. Many of the farmers also had debts to pay but didn't have any money to pay them with because of the lack of silver in circulation and over-production of cash crops. Because of the farmers over producing mostly cash crops it lowers the prices in that type of crop, this is not convenient at all because farmers lose money. Farmers complaints were valid because they did not have the means to pay of their debts and other finances. In the 1890s the Farmers Alliance was created, it served the needs for education and farming methods, organized economic and political action, and later developed into the populist party. One of the populist party goals was to have more silver in circulation for the use if the people.…
The United States from the beginning was a nation of farmers. But by the late nineteenth century, people were leaving the farm and moving into the city. It was around this time that the farmers saw threats to their way of life. The farmers were being pushed around by the banks, railroads companies. They had good reasons for agrarian discontent. The documents show the validity of the farmer's complaints, especially on bank mortgage rates and the gold standard.…
Peter Singer’s “Down on the Factory Farm” and E.B. White’s “Death of a Pig” illustrate practices of raising animals for human consumption. The care and environment provided for the animals by both White and the factory farmer’s that Singer discusses can be labelled as ‘animal husbandry’. White and the factory farm worker’s animal husbandry methods can be deemed as ethical, or unethical. Bernard E. Rollin defines good animal husbandry as “keeping the animals under conditions to which their natures [are] biologically adapted, and augmenting these natural abilities by providing additional food, protection, care, or shelter” (6). Through this definition of ethics and the criteria established by the “Principles” found in James P. Sterba’s “Reconciling Anthropocentric and Nonanthropocentric…
Documents A-H reveal some of the problems that many farmers in the late nineteenth century(1880-1900)saw as threats to their way of life.(a)explain the reasons for agrarian discontent and(b)evaluate the validity of the farmers' complaints.…