What affect did mechanized farming have on the environment

Mechanized agriculture is the form of agriculture which makes use of machines to produce the output which has resulted in the increase of the productivity of the farm.

But it has certain disadvantages also like it replaces work of labor and degrades the environment by causing pollution of the land, and also leads to soil erosion which causes reduction in nutrients of soil and uprooting of trees is also done to bring more land under the farming to increase the output.

the  wilmot proviso  was designed to eliminate  slavery  within the  landacquired as a result of the mexican war (1846-48). fearing the addition of a pro-slave territory, pennsylvania congressman david  wilmot proposedhis amendment to the bill.