George B Ellenberg: 1 book
Mule South to Tractor South
Mules, Machines, and the Transformation of the Cotton South
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2009
The author describes the adoption of the mule as the major agricultural resource in the American South and its later displacement by the mechanical tractor. After describing the surprising slowness of southern farmers to realize the superiority of the mule over the horse for agricultural labor, Ellenberg...
