. Elementary principles of agriculture; a text book for the common schools. is reduced, have no heavier draftthan the walkii;ig plow. The single-shovel cultivator hasgiven way to the double-shovel implement, and this, inturn, to the straddle-row cultivator, and, in many sec-tions, the two- and three-row cultivators are findingfavor. Farm Machinery 275 393. Harvesting Machinery. Perhaps no Une ofdevelopment has assisted agriculture so much as machineharvesting. The grass hook and the scythe were longin use. When a Scotchman put fingers to the scythe,forming the cradle, it was heralded as a grea
. Elementary principles of agriculture; a text book for the common schools. is reduced, have no heavier draftthan the walkii;ig plow. The single-shovel cultivator hasgiven way to the double-shovel implement, and this, inturn, to the straddle-row cultivator, and, in many sec-tions, the two- and three-row cultivators are findingfavor. Farm Machinery 275 393. Harvesting Machinery. Perhaps no Une ofdevelopment has assisted agriculture so much as machineharvesting. The grass hook and the scythe were longin use. When a Scotchman put fingers to the scythe,forming the cradle, it was heralded as a great inventionbecause it enabled one man to do the work of severalequipped with the older implements. Obed Husseyand Cyrus H. McCormick!stand out prominently in thedevelopment of the reaper,which was later improved bymany others, among whomPalmer, Williams, MarshBrothers, Spaulding and Ap-pleby should be mentioned,leading up to the self-binderin 1878. It appears marvel-ous to find that there hastaken place within sixtyyears—within the life of athe universal in- single man. Fig. i, O. ii. iVicL/uriiiick. troduction of machines which are so efficient and still require the guidance of but one man to do the work of many. 394. Farm Machinery. The general introduction ofspecialized farm machines,—implements too complex *Cyrus H. McCormick was born in Rockbridge county, Virginia, in fatlier had constructed a reaping machine, though his efforts, like thoseof many others along the same Hne, were not successful. Young Cyrus hadwatched his fathers experiments and cherished the tliought that some day hemight solve the difficult problem. He abandoned the principles that hadformed the underlying features of his fathers machine. The elder McCormickdid not approve of the young mans plans, but he put no obstacles in his way,and offered him the facilities of his little blacksmith shop to build his firstmachine. Ydung McCormick completed his fir^t reaper in time to give it atrial in the
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