. The story of agriculture in the United States. Husseys Reaping Machine WHEN REAPERS WERE NEW 149 Cormick. In making improvements upon their machines,Hussey and McCormick borrowed ideas from each other,and it is possible that both got ideas from Enghsh inven-tors of the same time. When the terms of the patents ofboth men expired, they apphed to Congress for an exten-. McCormicks Reaping Machine As advertised in The Working Farmer, 1852. Notice that a man rides onthe machine to rake off the grain. sion, but both were refused. McCormick fought manysuits in the courts to maintain his rights. At
. The story of agriculture in the United States. Husseys Reaping Machine WHEN REAPERS WERE NEW 149 Cormick. In making improvements upon their machines,Hussey and McCormick borrowed ideas from each other,and it is possible that both got ideas from Enghsh inven-tors of the same time. When the terms of the patents ofboth men expired, they apphed to Congress for an exten-. McCormicks Reaping Machine As advertised in The Working Farmer, 1852. Notice that a man rides onthe machine to rake off the grain. sion, but both were refused. McCormick fought manysuits in the courts to maintain his rights. At one timeAbraham Lincoln was employed as his lawyer. McCor-mick was the most successful of all the inventors whoseideas have gone into the perfection of the modern reader should not fail to note here the vast impor-tance of this invention. All of the small grains requirevery careful handling at harvest time. When ripe theymust be cut within a few days, or else the grain spoilsin the field or falls to the ground. The invention ofthe iron plow, and especially the opening of the levelprairie lands of the Northwest, made possible the cultiva-tion of the small grains upon a larger scale than everbefore. But what use to plow and cultivate these great I50 AGRICULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES fields, if the sickle and cradle alone were to cut the grain?The best t
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