Harvest scenes of the world . I Modern Binder in a Western Oat Field -I. i^iTGD Srjsrres During the firot half of the nineteenth century the Americanfarmer was compelled to perform nearly all of his labor byhand. Practically the only implements drawn by horses inthose days were the plow and the harrow. Wheat was sownbroadcast by hand then, as in Bible times, and covered witha harrow, while corn was dropped in furrows by hand andcovered with the hoe. Harvesting, the most important ofall farm work, was still done with the reaping hook whichhad remained unchanged since the earliest known referenc
Harvest scenes of the world . I Modern Binder in a Western Oat Field -I. i^iTGD Srjsrres During the firot half of the nineteenth century the Americanfarmer was compelled to perform nearly all of his labor byhand. Practically the only implements drawn by horses inthose days were the plow and the harrow. Wheat was sownbroadcast by hand then, as in Bible times, and covered witha harrow, while corn was dropped in furrows by hand andcovered with the hoe. Harvesting, the most important ofall farm work, was still done with the reaping hook whichhad remained unchanged since the earliest known referenceto the growing of cereals. Later, the hand cradle in manyinstances replaced the reaping hook, but still the labor ofharvest was too slow. !fi The invention of the reaping machinein 1831, and the consequent development of the modernfarm machine industry, made it possible for the United Statesto advance from a low rank among nations to the very fore-front among the worlds greatest powers. The rapid settle-ment of the new states, and the successful gathering of theirimm
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