Powering Inventions
Great Hall Exhibitions
Powering Inventions
"Necessity is the mother of invention," (proverb early 1800s). Using the knowledge and simpler tools of the past, farmers and inventors constantly came up with new and better ways of plowing, planting, and harvesting by trying out new machines and abandoning those that did not work.
New machines were constantly being introduced promoting means to make farm work more efficient and productive. Above all, farmers' practicality demanded that new inventions be affordable, a farmer would never cast aside his old plow if he could not afford the latest model.
