HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
GENERAL AGRICULTURE
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Question
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A machine that harvested, cleaned, and threshed a crop
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A machine that cuts grain standing
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A combine tractor
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -reaper, any farm machine that cuts grain. Early reapers simply cut the crop and dropped it unbound, but modern machines include harvesters, combines, and binders, which also perform other harvesting operations. A patent for a reaper was issued in England to Joseph Boyce in 1800.
Detailed explanation-2: -In agriculture, a reaper is a farm machine used in crop cutting. In olden days farmers and field workers used to harvest crops with the help of their hands using a device such as sickle.
Detailed explanation-3: -The mechanical reaper was invented by Cyrus McCormick in 1831. This machine was used by farmers to harvest crops mechanically.
Detailed explanation-4: -A reaper may be classified as animal-drawn reaper, animal-drawn engine operated reaper, tractor rear mounted PTO operated reaper, power tiller operated or tractor front mounted vertical conveyer type reapers and tractor mounted reaper binder.