One big reason was that farmers who had to send their crops over any distance to markets had to send the crops by railroad, and railroad freight rates were so high that the railroad got all the farmers' profits. If a farmer was close to a town he could probably market some of his produce there, but farmers on the increasingly settled Great Plains, growing a single crop, like wheat, were at the mercy of the railroad. Another reason was the weather - if the weather was bad and crops were lost because of it, prices were high, but the farmers had nothing to sell. If the weather was good and the farmer grew a wonderful crop, everyone else also grew a bumper crop and prices were low.
Life was very hard for the farmers during the 1930's. Most had been in a downward economic spiral since the end of the first world war. Government programs helped them to make it through the Depression. However, farmers in the Plains states suffered a devastating drought known as the Dust Bowl, which resulted in many of them abandoning their farms, and heading to California to work as itinerant farm workers.
to help struggling farmers make a profit The Farmers Alliance was organized by states in the South. This movement was big during the 1870s and 1880s.
to help struggling farmers make a profit The Farmers Alliance was organized by states in the South. This movement was big during the 1870s and 1880s.
Positive changes resulted from the Harlem Renaissance.
By 1780 there were no "peasants".
Though the farmers aren't known as large grain producers, they will take advantage of these prices during the growing season.
the main problem with growing crops in Africa is that there millions of bugs to eat the crops.
This was created for farmers to extend the daylight hours during peak growing season.
Farmers got their money by planting crops during the growing season and waiting until they grow and then they sell them or trade for cash. The farmers dought to cross a river to get too the town.
Some religious developments within Islam during the Abbasid Empire were the resurgence of mysticism and religious scholars growing increasingly suspicious of and hostile to non-Islamic ideas and scientific thinking.
Secularization was referred to people increasingly rejected religion or religious consideration during the industrial revolution.
One big reason was that farmers who had to send their crops over any distance to markets had to send the crops by railroad, and railroad freight rates were so high that the railroad got all the farmers' profits. If a farmer was close to a town he could probably market some of his produce there, but farmers on the increasingly settled Great Plains, growing a single crop, like wheat, were at the mercy of the railroad. Another reason was the weather - if the weather was bad and crops were lost because of it, prices were high, but the farmers had nothing to sell. If the weather was good and the farmer grew a wonderful crop, everyone else also grew a bumper crop and prices were low.
During the post-war years the middle class was growing in numbers.
yes. but they weren't very patriotic. they increased the cost of food for profit during ww1, this then became part of the growing economic problems that resulted in Germany losing the war.
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There are no farms within Washington DC, but there are farms and orchards in nearby Southern Maryland and Northern Virginia.Every week during the growing season there are numerous farmers markets throughout the city and surrounding suburbs where local farmers bring their wares to sell directly to the public.