HIS 2129 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Food Preservation, Invisible Hand
30 Oct 2016
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Chapter 7: the one best way to mass production. New technologies led to a delocalization of consumption. Machines run by internal combustion engine replaced the horse power. Canadian farming company massey-harris founded in 1891. Trucks and tractors exceeded horses by the early 1950s. Not all agriculture was mechanized (eg. tobacco, cotton) Reduction may have been has high as from 61 to 3 hours per bushel. Increased population allowed a smaller number of farmers than ever before to support an expanding city population: us: around 50% urban by 1910-1920, canada: 45% in 1911, but urban areas were smaller. Number of people living off farms increased the number of consumers for manufactured products and workforces for factories. Farms grew larger, farmers may not have enough land to sustain production, forced to leave or become tenants. Increased production also lead to lower prices, better standard of livingsince people ate better. Increased public transports, bridges, structures, quality of life in the city.
