Agriculture Inventions & Inventor

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  1. 3. Originally invented by Thomas Jefferson in 1794, then improved by adding steel by John Deere in 1873.
  2. 5. Eli Whitney's invention to transform cotton to a usable product by removing the cottonseed from the cotton fiber.
  3. 6. Thomas Elkins designed a device that helped with the task of preserving perishable foods.
  4. 8. John Sanford developed a device for injecting cells with genetic information.
  5. 9. Joseph Glidden – dramatically changed raising livestock.
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  1. 1. Anna Baldwin changed the dairy industry by inventing a machine to replace hand milking.
  2. 2. Ben Holt invented the “track-type” and commercialized its use as “Caterpillar”. It was John Froelich in 1892 who many believe had the first successful one to be gasoline powered.
  3. 4. George Washington Carver brought the science of improving soil health to use in the United States and discovered over 300 uses for peanuts.
  4. 7. Jethro Tull Credited with invention to help with planting farmers crops.
  5. 8. Tractor systems with sophisticated Geographic Information System uses a wide variety of techniques to gather data such as soil condition, humidity, temperature and other factors.