Modern Machinery

Name: Modern Machinery
Uploaded: 2012-09-27T14:58:15Z
Duration: P249S
Description: Modern machinery made farming more profitable and changed the structure of the land for growing wheat. The result was more land speculation, more acreage turned over to wheat farming, and a blind faith that the good times wouldn’t end, but warning signs were evident.

Clip: Season 1 | 4m 9s | Video has closed captioning.

Modern machinery made farming more profitable and changed the structure of the land for growing wheat. The result was more land speculation, more acreage turned over to wheat farming, and a blind faith that the good times wouldn’t end, but warning signs were evident.

Aired: 11/18/12

Rating: NR

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