What were the disadvantages of the use of mechanical harvesting machines in the
USA?
1. Machines were nightmares for the small and marginal farmers.
2. The poor farmers purchased the machines on loan but could not repay back the loan.
3. The poor farmers were forced to abandon their land and searched for jobs.
4. The use of harvesting machines made poor jobless as the big farmers started to use machines instead of man-labour.