. Elementary principles of agriculture; a text book for the common schools. Agriculture. Farm Machinery 273 393. Harvesting Machinery. Perhaps no hne of development has assisted agriculture so much as machine narvesting. The grass hook and the scythe were long in use. When a Scotchman put fingers to the scythe, forming the cradle, it was heralded as a great invention because it enabled one man to do the work of several equipped with the older implements. Obed Hussey and Cyrus H. McCormick"^' stand out prominently in the development of the reaper, which was later improved by many others, a
. Elementary principles of agriculture; a text book for the common schools. Agriculture. Farm Machinery 273 393. Harvesting Machinery. Perhaps no hne of development has assisted agriculture so much as machine narvesting. The grass hook and the scythe were long in use. When a Scotchman put fingers to the scythe, forming the cradle, it was heralded as a great invention because it enabled one man to do the work of several equipped with the older implements. Obed Hussey and Cyrus H. McCormick"^' stand out prominently in the development of the reaper, which was later improved by many others, among whom Palmer, Williams, Marsh Brothers, Spaulchng and Ap- pleby should be mentioned, leading up to the self-binder in 1878. It appears marvel- ous to find that there has taken place within sixty years—-within the life of a single man—the universal in- troduction of machines which are so efficient and still require the guidance of Ijut one man to do the work of many. 394. Farm Machinery. The general introduction of specialized farm machines, — implements too complex *Cyrus H. McCormick was born in Rockbridge county, Virginia, in 1809. His father had constructed a reaping machine, though his efforts, Uke those of many others along the same line, were not successful. Young Cyrus had watched his father's experiments and cherished the thought that some day he might solve the difficult problem. He abandoned the principle.^ that had formed the underlying features of his father's machine. The elder McCormick did not approve of the young man's plans, but he put no obstacles in his way, and offered him the facilities of his little blacksmith shop to build his first machine. Young McCormick completed his first reaper In time to give it a trial in the harvest of 1831, and it worked successfully that Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations ma
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