1. Origins of Agriculture

2. Words 2 Watch 4 Agriculture Hunter Gatherers Domestication
Fertile Crescent

3. Hunter-Gatherers

4. Hunter-Gatherers
Early humans who fed themselves by hunting wild game and foraging for wild plants.

5. Domestication
Definition: to tame (an animal), esp. by generations of breeding, to live in close association with human beings as a pet or work animal and usually creating a dependency so that the animal loses its ability to live in the wild
Plants: To adapt plants in order to be raised and be beneficial for humans

6. So when and where did this go down?
Domestication began 10,000 years ago in an area known as the Fertile Crescent
Early plants were wheat, barley and lentils (beans)
Early animals were dogs, goats and sheep

7. The Fertile Crescent

8. Corn

9. American Agriculture

10. Words 2 Watch 4
Exports
Preservation
Transcontinental

11. Timeline of American Agriculture
1607: The first English Settlement in Jamestown, Virginia
Natives show colonists how to grow corn, squash and beans

12. Timeline of American Agriculture
1776: The Declaration of Independence is signed
Gave farmers freedom from British control on exports and land titles
Exports: Commodities being shipped out to other countries for sale

13. Timeline of American Agriculture
1850’s: Mason jars are invented for home preservation
Preservation: To keep up, maintain

14. GO CATS! Timeline of American Agriculture
1862: The Land Grant Act establishes Colleges and Universities meant to teach Agriculture and Mechanics
GO CATS!

15. Timeline of American Agriculture
1869: Transcontinental Railroad is complete
-Transcontinental: Across the continent
SO WHAT?
1892: The first engine powered tractor is built by John Froelich

16. Timeline of American Agriculture
1908: Henry Ford introduces the first mass produced automobile, the Model T
SO WHAT?
1909: The Wright Brothers demonstrate the airplane

17. Timeline of American Agriculture
1917: Smith-Hughes Act establishes Vocational-Agriculture Classes in High Schools
1928: Future Farmers of America is founded in Kansas City, MO