Panama-Pacific / Panama-California / Souvenir / 1915 . ferent devices were tried,but nothing equalled thereciprocating knife. Thenext improvement onthe first practical reaperwas the addition of a seatfor the man who rakedthe grain. Several yearslater a self-rake wasadded, which eliminatedthe extra man. Thereaper to-day is builtlargely along these lines. Work on a harvester,which preceded the mod-ern self-binder datesback to the year 1855,when experiments weretried with machine?which elevated the grainto a platform where itwas bound by two machines were notsuccessful, however, ow-ing
Panama-Pacific / Panama-California / Souvenir / 1915 . ferent devices were tried,but nothing equalled thereciprocating knife. Thenext improvement onthe first practical reaperwas the addition of a seatfor the man who rakedthe grain. Several yearslater a self-rake wasadded, which eliminatedthe extra man. Thereaper to-day is builtlargely along these lines. Work on a harvester,which preceded the mod-ern self-binder datesback to the year 1855,when experiments weretried with machine?which elevated the grainto a platform where itwas bound by two machines were notsuccessful, however, ow-ing to the prejudices offarmers against anythingbut a reaper, and to thepoor construction of themachines themselves. Harvesters of thistype were used to someextent until 1877, whenthe automatic wire. Harvesting a 40-ft. Swath with5 Binders and Oil Tractor
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