Technology on the Great Plains
Invention/Adaptation
Used For
Used By
Dry Farming
Planting seeds deep in the soil where it
was still moist (used because of limited
rainfall)
Farmers
Steel Plow
Used to dig deeply into the hard soil
without breaking (made dry farming
possible)
Farmers
Wheat Farming
Grown on the Great Plains because
wheat can survive with limited amounts
of water.
Farmers
Reaper
Used to harvest wheat.
Farmers
Sod Houses
Shelters made of dirt and grass bricks
due to the fact that there is a shortage of
wood.
Farmers,
Ranchers
Barbed Wire
Types of fence used to protect crops
from cattle.
Farmers,
Ranchers
Windmills
Used to pump water out of the ground
(water used for crops, cattle, and
people)
Farmers,
Ranchers
Railroads
1. Transported supplies that
farmers, ranchers, and miners
needed to the west.
2. Transported cattle, wheat, and
ore back to the east
3. Allowed people to move between
the east and west coast.
Farmers,
Ranchers, Miners