Volume 11 , Issue 39

1880 - Agriculture

Tenant farmers work 1/4 of U.S. farms, which number just over 4 million.

The Northwest Alliance had its beginnings in a local founded by Chicago editor Milton George whose organization would become a leading political activist group among farmers (Farmers Alliance of 1882).

U. S. Wheat production reaches 500 million bushels, up 221% over 1866 figures. 80% of the wheat was cut by machine, but wheat prices had dropped 27% since 1866.

U.S. export of wheat and flour combined reach 175 million bushels, up from 50 million in 1871.

Sacramento Valley, California, wheat grower Hugh Glenn harvests a million bushels. Glenn had a thousand men working for him and they used enormous steam-powered combines to harvest 100 acres per day for as little as 25- cents per acre.
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