Tod Ruhstaller

Tod Ruhstaller
boom grain introduce longer saw settle variety
We saw a boom in agriculture. You no longer had to settle for grain crops, now you could introduce a whole new variety of crops.
labor opened tremendous vast
These were tremendous labor-saving devices. It opened up vast new territories.
few miners
Very few miners got rich. It was the businessmen who made the money.
convert great viable
He was able to convert a great idea into a commercially viable machine.