Problems For The Homestead Flashcards
What did farmers have to do if they couldn’t afford to hire a ‘sod-buster’ ?
Dig by hand =exhausting
What did dry summers on the Great Plains cause ?
Caused fires
How much money did you need to even get started farming on the Great Plains ?
Around 2 yrs of wages -$1000
Why couldn’t trees grow on the Great Plains ?
The environment was too dry so there was no equipment for fences , tools , fuel or building homes
What was made in the 1860s to fix the issue of digging by hand or having to rely on an expensive plough
More efficient and less expensive ploughs were made
What were invented to help with dry summers
Windmills and well drills invented to bring water to the surface
Who sometimes became the most successful?
Farmers who had their farms taken away due to poverty and being unable to pay the expenses- they then were working for a farmed (employed by a farmer and no longer working for themselves ) this gave them a better life and made them earn more money
