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James Tinker
James Tinker (April 11, 1817 – February 20, 1886) was an American farming, farmer from Rochester (town), Wisconsin, Rochester, Wisconsin who served a single one-year term as a Free Soil Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, in 1851, from Racine County, Wisconsin, Racine County as well as holding a variety of local offices. Background Tinker was born near Huddersfield, England.''Portrait and Biographical Album of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin''. 1892. Chicago: Lake City Publishing Company, pp. 604, 607. He married Jane McMillan on December 23, 1838. He and his wife emigrated to the United States, and came to live in an area in western Racine County near the boundaries of Rochester, Dover, Racine County, Wisconsin, Dover and Burlington, Wisconsin, Burlington political subdivisions of Wisconsin#Town, townships known as the "English Settlement". James is recorded as having been a colleague back in England of the famed temperance movement, temperance orator John Hoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farming
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to live in cities. The history of agriculture began thousands of years ago. After gathering wild grains beginning at least 105,000 years ago, nascent farmers began to plant them around 11,500 years ago. Sheep, goats, pigs and cattle were domesticated over 10,000 years ago. Plants were independently cultivated in at least 11 regions of the world. Industrial agriculture based on large-scale monoculture in the twentieth century came to dominate agricultural output, though about 2 billion people still depended on subsistence agriculture. The major agricultural products can be broadly grouped into foods, fibers, fuels, and raw materials (such as rubber). Food classes include cereals (grains), vegetables, fruits, cooking oils, meat, milk, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
