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A Mechanical Harvesting Machine Revolutionized Life on the Farm
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aking it possible to harvest large areas of grain much faster than could have been done by men wielding scythes. South, where hand tools were more common, the loss of farm hands to the military had much more impact. Cyrus McCormick, a blacksmith in Virginia, developed the first practical mechanical
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- aking it possible to harvest large areas of grain much faster than could have been done by men wielding scythes.
- South, where hand tools were more common, the loss of farm hands to the military had much more impact.
- Cyrus McCormick, a blacksmith in Virginia, developed the first practical mechanical reaper to harvest grain in 1831
- reaper made the possibility of food shortages, or even famine, less likely.
- One farmer, highly skilled at swinging at scythe, might only be able to harvest two acres of grain in a day.
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