Muscle tractors were a turning point in American farm mechanization when horsepower was taking over from steel wheels and crank-start tractors.
The region has been suffering high rates of joblessness for at least a half-century, since farm mechanization displaced many thousands of uneducated laborers.
Garst made six trips to the Soviet Union to teach about hybrid seed and farm mechanization.
Promotion of farm mechanization has helped to alleviate labor shortages while increasing productivity; both rice and sugar cane production are completely mechanized.
The plan also emphasized improvements in livestock, soil fertility, plant protection, and farm mechanization.
To reduce the imbalance between rural and urban sectors, Seoul expanded investments in public projects, such as roads and communications facilities, while further promoting farm mechanization.
Post-Mao reforms dramatically affected farm mechanization.
It was not until the Great Depression years of the 1930s and later that large-scale farm mechanization came to the region.
Newville's slow decline commenced after the Great Depression due to farm mechanization and loss of commerce.
Families are limited to two children by China's family planning laws, and steep mountain fields preclude farm mechanization.
