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Farm in Saskatchewan
Painting of herdsmen and cattle
Peruvian terraced fields
Plowing and sowing in Thebes
Xochimilco: floating gardens
Quinoa field
goat herding
sweet-potato farming in Papua New Guinea
Plow
Combine harvester
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Key People

Justus von Liebig
Justus, baron von Liebig
German chemist
Sir Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy
British chemist
Muḥammad I Askia
Songhai ruler
George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver
American agricultural chemist
Pierre-Eugène-Marcellin Berthelot, engraving by Philippe-Auguste Cattelain.
Pierre-Eugène-Marcellin Berthelot
French chemist
Arthur Young
English writer
Matthew, Patrick
Patrick Matthew
Scottish landowner and agriculturalist
Henry A. Wallace
Henry A. Wallace
vice president of United States
David Dickson
American farmer and writer
François-Alexandre-Frédéric, duc de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt
François-Alexandre-Frédéric, duc de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt
French educator
Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez
American labor leader
Ruffin, Edmund
Edmund Ruffin
American scientist
Ben Tillman
Ben Tillman
American politician
Brain Trust: Rexford G. Tugwell
Rexford Guy Tugwell
American economist
Pinhas Lavon
Israeli politician
Plunkett, Sir Horace Curzon
Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett
British agriculturalist
John Deere
John Deere
American manufacturer
Billy Carter
American farmer and businessman
Mary Anne Bryant Mayo
American farm organizer
Samuel Zemurray
American entrepreneur

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