How did the second industrial revolution affect farmers?

Answer 1

There are many aspects to be answered on this question: Before the 1900s and common use of farm machinery, this job was mostly performed by human labor, along with horses and occasionally oxen. This means that ONE farmer could only handle a limited amount of land planted in crops. (corn, wheat, etc) In 1900, a farm of 100 acres was considered quite a bit of land for one farmer to plant/tend/harvest. This work generally required labor from the whole family: Dad, Kids, and sometimes Mom too. Without farm machinery, physical labor was always needed, but not always as much education. Common sense was definitely used to be successful or even survive as a farmer. You needed to be a bit of an "animal doctor" to see the signs/behavior when cows/horses/pigs/sheep/chickens/etc were either healthy or feeling sick. Farmers and their families learn how to tend to their animals with proper feeding & care. If you own a herd of cattle, and some horses, you must understand what keeps them healthy, how to help them if they get sick... even how to help when they are giving birth to baby animals. As a farmer it doesn't matter how bad the weather, you still have to take care of your animals. If it's cold in the house, it's colder in the fields or barn. For instance: Dairy cows have to be milked at 6:am and 6:pm if it's raining, or not... Otherwise it can hurt the cow

Answer 2

It affected farmers by making it harder for them to transport their goods to the South. The prices were too high for them to pay so they had to find other ways to get their goods to the South.. This is coming from a 7th grader and we are learning arout this in school so i'm pretty sure this is 100% correct

Answer 3

Many farmers and their families moved to the cities to work in factories as the pay was better.

Answer 4

A lot of the farmers moved to cities to work in factories. Most of them gave up farming for factory work.