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1889-1919
Farm prosperity
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1900
Total
population: 75,994,266; farm population: 29,414,000 (est.); farmers
38% of labor force; Number of farms: 5,740,000; average acres: 147
1900-20
Continued agricultural settlement on the Great Plains
1902
Reclamation Act
1905-07
Policy of reserving timberlands inaugurated on a large scale
1905
Forest Service created
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1900-09
Average annual consumption of commercial fertilizer
3,738,300 tons
1900-10
George Washington Carver of Tuskegee Institute finds new uses for
peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans, helping to diversify southern
agriculture
1905
The first business devoted exclusively to making tractors is established
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1900-10
Turkey red wheat emerges as commercial crop
1900-20
Extensive experimental work to breed disease-resistant varieties of
plants, to improve plant yield and quality, and to increase the productivity
of farm animal strains
1903
Hog cholera serum developed
1904
First serious stem-rust epidemic affecting wheat
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1909
The Wrights demonstrate the airplane
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 1900-09
Agricultural
exports: $917 million/year or 58%
of total exports
1905
International Institute of Agriculture established
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1900-20
Urban influences on rural life intensify
1908
Model T Ford paves way for mass production of automobiles; President
Roosevelt's Country Life Commission focuses attention on the problems
of farm wives and difficulty of keeping children on the farm
1908-17
Country-life movement
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1902
Farmers' Union started; American Society of Equity formed
1905
California Fruit Growers Exchange formed
1906
Appointment of first county agricultural agent
1909-17
Boys' and girls' club work underway
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1900
First corn club for boys, forerunner of 4-H clubs
1903
Seaman Knapp begins boll-weevil demonstration project, an inspiration
for extension education
1906
An agricultural wagon, or moveable farmers’ school, is started by Booker T. Washington of the Tuskegee Institute to teach Southern African-American farmers better methods of farming
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1900-17
Federal Government's role in agriculture grows with passage of farm
legislation
1906
Food and Drug Act; Meat Inspection Act
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