Industrializing the Corn Belt

Informationen zum Autor J. L. Anderson teaches US history at Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta, where he is a member of the Department of Humanities. Klappentext From the late 1940s to the early 1970s, farmers in the Corn Belt transformed their region into a new, industrial powerhouse of large-scale production, mechanization, specialization, and efficiency. Many farm experts and implement manufacturers had urged farmers in this direction for decades, but it was the persistent labor shortage and... Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I. Chemicals 1. Insecticide: Time for Action 2. Herbicide versus Weedy the Thief 3. Fertilizer Gives the Land a Kick 4. Feeding Chemicals Part II. Machines 5. Push-button Farming 6. Making Hay the Modern Way 7. From Threshing Machine to Combine 8. From Corn Picker and Crib to Combine and Bin Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Klappentext
From the late 1940s to the early 1970s, farmers in the Corn Belt transformed their region into a new, industrial powerhouse of large-scale production, mechanization, specialization, and efficiency. Many farm experts and implement manufacturers had urged farmers in this direction for decades, but it was the persistent labor shortage and...

Inhalt
Introduction Part I. Chemicals
1. Insecticide: Time for Action
2. Herbicide versus Weedy the Thief
3. Fertilizer Gives the Land a Kick
4. Feeding Chemicals Part II. Machines
5. Push-button Farming
6. Making Hay the Modern Way
7. From Threshing Machine to Combine
8. From Corn Picker and Crib to Combine and Bin Conclusion Notes
Bibliography
Index

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