H10 - Day 2 Check Up

After WW2 Agriculture in Georgia saw very little changes.

• True
• False

The only post WW2 Agricultural technology improvements were seen in Tractors and fertilizer.

• True
• False

New equipment made farmers/farm .... (check all that apply)

• more efficient (more got done with less effort)
• less efficient (less got done with more effort)
• larger in size (more acres were farmed per farmer)
• smaller in size (less acres were farmed per farmer)

After WW2 cotton was still king and by far the most popular crop in GA.

• True
• False

Check all of the things below produced by GA farmers during the post WW2 Era discussed in class.

• Peanuts
• Pecans
• String Beans
• Livestock
• Poultry

Which of the following is CORRECT regarding this time period.

• From 1945 until 1969 the number of Farms in Georgia grew from 67,000 to 226,000. Farm sizes went down and farms hired more people to work the land.
• From 1945 until 1969 the number of Farms in Georgia decreased from 226,000 down to 67,000. Farm sizes went up and farms hired less people to work the land.
• From 1945 until 1969 the numbers of Farms in Georgia did not change. Farm sizes grew and farmers hired more and then less workers.

After WW2 farm workers (farm hands) were laid off due to advances in technology making their jobs unneeded. Which of the following Farmers would most likely lay off his/her farm hands soon?

• Farmer Brown has 300 acres of peach trees that will need picking in May.
• Farmer Thompson buys and new International Harvester Farmall C tractor, plow, cultivator, and harvester.
• Farmer Herndon's heard has grown from 100 head of cattle to 700 head of cattle in 7 years.
• Farmer Smith builds four new chicken houses and a duck pond.

Out of work / displaced farm workers directly led to ...

• the increase in the number of farms in GA.
• the decrease of the number of farms in GA.
• the increase in the size of cities in GA.
• the decrease in the size of cities in GA.

From 1940 until today the number of people living in Rural GA has decreased and the number of people living in Urban GA has increased.

• True
• False

Today more people work on GA farmers than work in industry.

• True
• False