... that fewer hands could produce more food per acre. New plows, seed drills, cultivators, mowers, and threshers, as well as the reaper, all appeared by 1860. After that, better harvesters and binding machines came into use, as did the harvester-threshers known as combines. Farmers also used ... over $15 doing the same job at the same rate. In addition, the seasons of employment were reduced; in other words, before industrialization, a man used to work for eight or nine months, but after industrialization, seasons of employment became shorter and even uncertain. That uncertainty and discon...

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