percent of people living on farms in 1800’s

Percent of people living on farms in

1800’s

Percent of people living on farms

today

Started agriculture mechanization with the invention of the

cotton gin

Allowed people to move west with the

invention of the plow

Founded the mechanical corn

picker in the 1850’s

Used the first gasoline tractor in

1892

The first person to diversify agriculture,

especially in the South

Invented the first bread-slicing

machine in 1928

Starting the new revolution of agriculture mechanics

One of the six areas of agriculture

mechanics

One of the six areas of agriculture

mechanics

One of the six areas of agriculture

mechanics

One of the six areas of agriculture

mechanics

One of the six areas of agriculture

mechanics

One of the six areas of agriculture

mechanics

Entry level agriculture

mechanics careers

Technical level agriculture

mechanics careers

Professional level agriculture

mechanics careers

Moving objects to complete a task

Amount of time is takes to complete a

task

Geometry, algebra, trigonometry

Chemistry, Physics, and Earth Science

Screw, axe, ramp

Combine, tractor, lawn mower

Percent of careers in agriculture and

agriculture related businesses

Events that need to occur for an engine

to operate

Amount of time to produce an acre of wheat with physical

labor

Amount of time to produce an acre of wheat with steam

engines and horses

Amount of time to produce an acre of

wheat with early gas engine tractors

1 hour of work

Modern time to produce an acre of

wheat

55 hours

15 hours

5 hours

Intake, compression, power, exhaust

30%

Complex machines

Simple machines

Science skills used in agriculture mechanics

Math skills used in agriculture mechanics

power

work

At least a four year college degree, higher wages, lots of problem

solving and people skills

At least and associates degree, higher wages, problem solving and

people skills

High school degree, lower pay, little responsibility

Food Processing

Agriculture structures,

equipment, and facilities

Agriculture Mechanics,

construct, and maintenance

Soil and Water practices

Agriculture power and machinery

Agriculture electrification,

power, and controls

Computers and electronic

technology

Otto Rohwedder

George Washington Carver

John Froelich

Edmund Quincy

John Deere

Ely Whitney

2%

70%

Produced the first diesel engine that was first used in a

tractor in 1931

Rudolph Diesel