What happened when farmers subsituted gasoline driven tractors for a mule and plough?

Question

again a question from macroeconomics!

Answer 1

the mule kicked him in the face and said he was the real ***

Answer 2

the work load doubles and probably takes twice as long to finish. Hand ploughs take an incredible amount of work. Yes, the mule does work but the farmer still has to work infathomably hard. As Tractors are, an 85 year old arthritic man could work a field, where he would need to retire probably between ages 35-45 if he had to use a hand plough

Answer 3

The farmers will get into shape fast!...no more fat farmers....it will be just like it was in the good old days.

Answer 4

that would be sooo hard, it will lessen your spendings right away but in the long run it will costs you more but talking about the environment and the peak gasoline prices, hmnn... maybe it'l be a good move...

Answer 5

Mules breathed a sigh of relief.

OK, seriously, in the early 20th century changing to tractors allowed farmers to get much more work done in a shorter amount of time. In some communities, the first farmer to get a tractor would hire himself out to plow other farmers' fields.  Eventually, most farmers had tractors.  This kept the cost of vegetables level.  Although tractors were more expensive to buy & maintain than a mule, the increased production made up for it.