. The story of agriculture in the United States. railroad could reach it. He wentto Brockport, New York, on the Erie Canal, and herefor three years manufactured reapers. At the same timehe made arrangements with a factory in Cincinnati tomanufacture them. But McCormick showed even greaterwisdom when, in 1847, ^e moved to Chicago and thereset up his factory in the center of the great grain producingregion of the West. By the year i860 his factory wasturning out 4000 machines each year. Meanwhile, other contestants for the honor and profitof this invention had come forward. Most prominent among
. The story of agriculture in the United States. railroad could reach it. He wentto Brockport, New York, on the Erie Canal, and herefor three years manufactured reapers. At the same timehe made arrangements with a factory in Cincinnati tomanufacture them. But McCormick showed even greaterwisdom when, in 1847, ^e moved to Chicago and thereset up his factory in the center of the great grain producingregion of the West. By the year i860 his factory wasturning out 4000 machines each year. Meanwhile, other contestants for the honor and profitof this invention had come forward. Most prominent among these was ObedHussey, whose patentwas dated six monthsearlier than that ofMcCormick. The cut-ting apparatus on Hus-seys reaper, used in1833, was much likethat used by McCor-mick. His machine car-ried a frame and seatupon which a man rode,at the same time raking^^^^ the grain off onto theground. Hussey was a Quaker, and his poverty kept himfrom developing his machine rapidly. Moreover, he didnot show the energy and perseverance displayed by Mc-. 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-
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