Wheat farming around the time of the McCormick reaper.[1] Farm employment dropped by half between 1900 and 1930. Production up. Wheat cheaper. Coal mining from

Wheat farming around the time of the McCormick reaper.[1] Farm employment dropped by half between 1900 and 1930. Production up. Wheat cheaper. Coal mining from 1950-1970. Production up. Coal cheaper. Employment way down. Classic book, "Night Comes to the Cumberlands" (1963) on how Appalachia became really poor. [1] https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/teacher-resources/statistics-trends-american-farming https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/teacher-reso...