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Do​ ​you​ ​know​ ​that​ ​the​ ​machine​ ​reaper​ ​does​ ​the​ ​work​ ​of​ ​three​ ​men.​ ​The​ ​machine​ ​reaper

was​ ​made​ ​for​ ​harvesting​ ​crops​ ​faster,​ ​so​ ​that​ ​the​ ​farms​ ​do​ ​not​ ​have​ ​to​ ​do​ ​the​ ​old

method​ ​like​ ​using​ ​a​ ​sickle.​ ​The​ ​machine​ ​reaper​ ​was​ ​made​ ​by​ ​Cyrus​ ​Mccormick​ ​and

tested​ ​successfully​ ​in​ ​1834.​ ​Cyrus​ ​Took​ ​over​ ​his​ ​father’s​ ​project​ ​and​ ​turned​ ​into

success.​ ​The​ ​machine​ ​reaper​ ​was​ ​made​ ​to​ ​hitch​ ​on​ ​horses​ ​and​ ​the​ ​horse​ ​would​ ​drag

the​ ​machine​ ​on​ ​the​ ​crops​ ​so​ ​that​ ​the​ ​crop​ ​would​ ​be​ ​cut.

My​ ​inventer​ ​is​ ​Cyrus​ ​Mccormick,​ ​his​ ​full​ ​name​ ​in​ ​Cyrus​ ​Hall​ ​Mccormick.​ ​ ​Cyrus​ ​was

born​ ​february​ ​15,​ ​1809​ ​in​ ​rockbridge​ ​county,​ ​virginia​ ​and​ ​died​ ​May​ ​13,​ ​1884​ ​in​ ​chicago.

The​ ​oldest​ ​son​ ​Cyrus​ ​Mccormick​ ​had​ ​invented​ ​several​ ​farm​ ​implements​ ​but,​ ​like​ ​the

other​ ​inventions​ ​in​ ​England​ ​had​ ​failed.​ ​Cyrus​ ​took​ ​over​ ​his​ ​father’s​ ​project​ ​and​ ​within​ ​six

weeks​ ​Cyrus​ ​had​ ​built​ ​a​ ​field-tested​ ​reaping​ ​machine.​ ​Cyrus​ ​invented​ ​the​ ​machine

reaper​ ​in​ ​1831.​ ​Cyrus​ ​claimed​ ​that​ ​his​ ​reaper​ ​invention​ ​was​ ​actually​ ​invented​ ​in​ ​1834.

That​ ​was​ ​giving​ ​Cyrus​ ​the​ ​true​ ​claim​ ​ ​to​ ​the​ ​general​ ​design​ ​of​ ​the​ ​machine.​ ​Cyrus

modeled​ ​and​ ​successfully​ ​demonstrated​ ​the​ ​world’s​ ​first​ ​mechanical​ ​reaper.​ ​Cyrus

invented​ ​his​ ​machine​ ​reaper​ ​in​ ​rockbridge​ ​county,​ ​virginia.

This​ ​machine​ ​was​ ​used​ ​by​ ​farmers​ ​to​ ​harvest​ ​crops​ ​mechanically.​ ​For​ ​hundreds​ ​of

years,​ ​farmers​ ​and​ ​field​ ​workers​ ​had​ ​to​ ​harvest​ ​crops​ ​by​ ​hand​ ​using​ ​a​ ​sickle​ ​or​ ​other
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methods,​ ​which​ ​was​ ​an​ ​arduous​ ​task​ ​at​ ​best.​ ​The​ ​Mccormick's​ ​mechanical​ ​reaper

replaced​ ​the​ ​manual​ ​cutting​ ​of​ ​the​ ​crop​ ​with​ ​scythes​ ​and​ ​sickles.​ ​This​ ​new​ ​invention

allowed​ ​wheat​ ​to​ ​be​ ​harvested​ ​quicker​ ​and​ ​with​ ​less​ ​labor​ ​force.​ ​This​ ​invention​ ​made​ ​it

so​ ​the​ ​farmers​ ​did​ ​not​ ​have​ ​to​ ​do​ ​it​ ​by​ ​hand​ ​they​ ​can​ ​do​ ​it​ ​another​ ​way.​ ​Like​ ​hitching​ ​it

to​ ​a​ ​horse​ ​and​ ​go.

The​ ​impact​ ​that​ ​the​ ​machine​ ​reaper​ ​had​ ​was​ ​it​ ​could​ ​do​ ​the​ ​work​ ​of​ ​three​ ​men.​ ​Cyrus

invention​ ​revolutionized​ ​farming​ ​by​ ​combining​ ​many​ ​steps​ ​involved​ ​in​ ​harvesting​ ​crops

into​ ​one​ ​machine.​ ​Cyrus​ ​reaper​ ​could​ ​cut​ ​more​ ​wheat​ ​in​ ​a​ ​day​ ​than​ ​a​ ​half-dozen

farmhands.​ ​The​ ​machine’s​ ​speed​ ​increases​ ​crops​ ​yields,​ ​and​ ​decreases​ ​the​ ​number​ ​of

farmhands​ ​needed,​ ​and​ ​helped​ ​turn​ ​the​ ​midwest​ ​into​ ​the​ ​nation’s​ ​breadbasket​ ​region.

Because​ ​the​ ​farmers​ ​were​ ​able​ ​to​ ​harvest​ ​wheat​ ​so​ ​quickly,​ ​they​ ​began​ ​to​ ​plant​ ​more​ ​of

it.​ ​Growing​ ​wheat​ ​in​ ​the​ ​midwest​ ​region​ ​became​ ​profitable.​ ​Cyrus’s​ ​reaper​ ​machine

ensured​ ​that​ ​raising​ ​wheat​ ​would​ ​remain​ ​the​ ​main​ ​economic​ ​activity​ ​in​ ​the​ ​midwest.

Sited​ ​websites

http://www.american-inventor.com/cyrus-mccormick.aspx

http://study.com/academy/lesson/mechanical-reaper-invention-impact-facts.html

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cyrus-McCormick
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