Development of Agricultural Machinery over the Las Two Centuries

Do you know that the first power mower came on the market in 1930, or that farm women stopped needing to bend over to harvest potatoes since 1950? Watch the video.

As farmers gradually made the switch from horses to agricultural machinery, they couldn’t have suspected what advances the modern world held in store. But even the beginnings were exciting. Do you know, for instance, that the first power mower came on the market in 1930, or that harvesting potatoes ceased to be backbreaking work for farm women since 1950? Fancy admiring the oldest piece of farm machinery, already in use in 1813? Find out all this and much more at the AgroTechnorama in Tänikon.

Last modification 17.04.2024

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