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Every major advance in agriculture has allowed global population to increase. Early farmers could settle down to a steady food supply. Irrigation, the ability to clear large swaths of land for farming efficiently, and the development of farm machines powered by fossil fuels allowed people to grow more food and transport it to where it was needed.
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Railroads brought rapid expansion of people, business, and cities across the state. Because railroads enabled farmers and ranchers to transporttheir products more efficiently, by the turn of the century Texas had become a leading producer of both cattle and cotton.
<span>Assuming that this is referring to the same list of options that was posted before with this question, <span>the correct response would be "except rely only on domestic resources," since in fact they had very few domestic natural resources. </span></span>
