History and government of Indiana .. . CIVIL WAR The State of Indiana has enjoyed its full share of that re-markable industrial and social progress which the United Stateshas experienced since the Civil War. The Effect of the Civil War. The Civil War had a markedeffect upon the development of agriculture in the United caused a great demand for agricultural products, and pricesconsequently rose. This stimulated production and broughtabout the use of labor-saving machinery on a large scale. Evi-dence of this fact may be seen in the production of wheat inIndiana. In 1859, the State prod
History and government of Indiana .. . CIVIL WAR The State of Indiana has enjoyed its full share of that re-markable industrial and social progress which the United Stateshas experienced since the Civil War. The Effect of the Civil War. The Civil War had a markedeffect upon the development of agriculture in the United caused a great demand for agricultural products, and pricesconsequently rose. This stimulated production and broughtabout the use of labor-saving machinery on a large scale. Evi-dence of this fact may be seen in the production of wheat inIndiana. In 1859, the State produced fifteen million 1863, with a large part of its men in the army, the productionwas twenty million bushels. It is estimated that at the closeof the war there were 250,000 reapers in use in the United States,each one of which could cut ten acres of grain in a day. Thesereapers helped the North to win the Civil War, as they providedbread for the people while the men fought the battles. HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT OF INDIANA 519.
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