The golden age of American agriculture. Listen to part of a lecture in a history class, then answer the question we call the first two decades of the twentieth century, the golden age of American agriculture. What were the factors that made the period, the golden age of American agriculture? Who can offer some reasons? New strains of crops, improved farming methods. And what about greater use of pesticides and fertilizers? Absolutely. Technical advances continue to improve productivity. The us department of agriculture set up demonstration farms to show how new techniques could improve crop yields. In nineteen fourteen, congress created the agricultural extension service to advise farmers and their families about everything from crop fertilizers to home sewing projects. The department of agriculture undertook new research, developing hogs that fattened faster on less grain, as well as fertilizers that increased grain production, nevi' hybrid seeds that developed into healthier plants, treatments that prevented or cured plant and animal diseases. And various methods for controlling pests were all introduced around this time. Anything else? Wasn't there also some kind of population boom around then? Good farm prices were high as demand for goods increased and land values rose. However, the good years of the early twentieth century ended following world war one. What was happening then? Maybe a lot of people, women especially we’re moving from the farm to the cities.