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In a similar experiment to reproduce Native American agricultural practices in Minnesota, Munson-Scullin and Scullin reported that over three years, the per-acre annual maize yields declined from 40 to 30 to 25 bushels (2.5, 1.9, and 1.6 t/ha). [16] Other scholars have estimated lower average yields of maize.
Selective crop breeding was also employed. Corn is a domestic plant and cannot grow on its own. The first corn grown by Native Americans had small ears, and only produced a few kernels per ear. By 2,000 years ago, single stalks with large ears were being produced. [37] Native Americans created over 700 varieties of corn by 1500 AD. [citation ...
The amount of land needed by a farming household was between two and seven acres (.8 to 2.8 ha) of cultivated land each year, the difference accounted for by the quality of the land. Fields were usually cultivated for two or three years and then fallowed. Fallowed acreage was two to three times that which was cultivated in a given year.
The 'three sisters' are staple foods for many Native American tribes. Marilyn Angel Wynn/Getty ImagesHistorians know that turkey and corn were part of the first Thanksgiving, when Wampanoag ...
A map of the pre-historic cultures of the American Southwest ca 1200 CE. Several Hohokam settlements are shown. The agricultural practices of the Native Americans inhabiting the American Southwest, which includes the states of Arizona and New Mexico plus portions of surrounding states and neighboring Mexico, are influenced by the low levels of precipitation in the region.
Native populations continue to grow. In 2020, 9.1 million people in the United States identified as Native American and Alaska Native, an increase of 86.5% increase over the 2010 census.They now ...
Farm Families and Change in 20th-Century America (U of Kentucky Press, 2021) Fry, C. Luther. American Villagers (1926) online, heavily statistical. Fry, John J. " 'Good Farming–Clear Thinking-Right Living': Midwestern Farm Newspapers, Social Reform, and Rural Readers in the Early Twentieth Century," Agricultural History (2004) 78#1 pp.34–49 ...
SECOND OF FOUR PARTS: Today, many tribes have a long-term goal of controlling their agriculture and food supply, ensuring culturally appropriate food.