Tractor Invention

The Birth of the Iron Horse: How the Tractor Changed Everything Before the invention of the tractor, farming was incredibly arduous. Farmers relied on animal power—horses, oxen, mules—to plow fields. This was slow, laborious work entirely dependent on weather conditions. A rainy season could ruin a farmer's entire year. The work itself was backbreaking. The internal combustion engine proved a game-changer. While some early attempts at mechanizing farming used steam power, these proved inefficient....