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The crop moved west, with Ohio as the center in 1840 and Illinois in 1860. [110] Illinois replaced its wheat with corn (which was used locally to feed hogs). The invention of mechanical harvesters, drawn first by horses and then tractors, made larger farms much more efficient than small ones.
The most important crop was maize, usually planted along with beans and squash, including pumpkins. Minor crops such as sunflowers, goosefoot, tobacco, [1] gourds, and plums, little barley (Hordeum pusillum) and marsh elder were also grown. Maize agriculture began on the Great Plains about 900 AD.
Cyclopedia of American agriculture; a popular survey of agricultural conditions, ed by Liberty Hyde Bailey, 4 vol 1907-1909. online, highly useful compendium; Adams, Jane. The Transformation of Rural Life: Southern Illinois, 1890–1990 (U of North Carolina Press, 1994) online; Anderson, Rodney, ed.
During the Indian Removal in this time, many tribes were pushed by the government into western states such as Kansas, Kentucky, and Missouri. The Shawnee was one such tribe that was pushed from Pennsylvania and into Ohio, Alabama, and Illinois. The Shawnee traded fur in exchange for rum or brandy. Alcohol abuse became a serious problem within ...
The colony struggled for five years after its establishment at Jamestown in 1607. Finally, a profitable export crop was identified through the efforts of colonist John Rolfe. After 1612, a sweet form of tobacco became the largest export crop, customarily shipped in large hogsheads.
As Arkansas River shrank, so did watermelon industry. While states like California and Washington eventually boomed with specialty crops including grapes and apples, Kansas couldn’t sustain its ...
The most punishing effect of European arrival and settlement was loss of land. Europeans relied more heavily on farming for their subsistence than the natives did, and were also far more likely to grow surplus crops that could be traded or sold. Thus the new arrivals needed large amounts of fertile land to support their quickly growing populations.
On April 10, they entered the “Chesupioc” Bay and landed alongside “faire meddowes and goodly tall trees.” [8] Finally on April 26, 1607, the London Company reached Virginia, and declared their settlement Jamestown in honor of the King. [9] Almost immediately the London Company began sending shipments of trees back to England.