Use the information in the box and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question • Cyrus McCormick's reaper (1831)
• Andrew Meikle's thresher (1830s)
• The Massey-Harris combine (1910)
How did the improvements in agricultural technology listed above help to lead the country to an industrial age?
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These machines made wheat production profitable, creating whole new food processing factories.
ОВ.
These machines reduced the amount of farm labor necessary, driving many farmers into cities to find work in factories
These machines changed the country from a manufacturing to an agricultural economy
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OD
These machines made small farmers more competitive