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What dangers did farmers face in the 1800s?
Many attributed their problems to discriminatory railroad rates, monopoly prices charged for farm machinery and fertilizer, an oppressively high tariff, an unfair tax structure, an inflexible banking system, political corruption, corporations that bought up huge tracks of land.
What problem caused Southern farmers in the 1880s growing cotton and tobacco year after year?
What problem was caused by Southern farmers in the 1880s growing cotton and tobacco year after year? Crops became smaller and lower in quality each year. What was one result of the boom in crop production in the 1870s? Crop prices went down.
What danger did farmers face?
Several basic factors were involved-soil exhaustion, the vagaries of nature, overproduction of staple crops, decline in self-sufficiency, and lack of adequate legislative protection and aid.
What problems do farmers face?
Farmers need to deal with many problems, including how to: Cope with climate change, soil erosion and biodiversity loss. Satisfy consumers’ changing tastes and expectations. Meet rising demand for more food of higher quality.
What was the impact of the crop lien program on farmers economic recovery?
A rapid proliferation of country stores across North Carolina and the South was the result. Abuses in the crop lien system reduced many tenant farmers to a state of economic slavery, as their debts to landlords and merchants carried over from one year to the next.
What challenges did farmers face when they moved west?
As settlers and homesteaders moved westward to improve the land given to them through the Homestead Act, they faced a difficult and often insurmountable challenge. The land was difficult to farm, there were few building materials, and harsh weather, insects, and inexperience led to frequent setbacks.
What are the common problem of the farmer?
The inability to raise money. The inability to raise money has been the number one problem with farmers for as long as farmers have been around. It is one of the reasons why most people today who engage in small scale farming also engage in a job outside of farming.