USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Cyrus Hall McCormick invented the mechanical reaper, which combined all the steps that earlier harvesting machines had performed separately. His time-saving invention allowed farmers to more than double their crop size and spurred innovations in farm machinery.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1834, in the face of competition from other inventors, McCormick took out a patent and soon after, began manufacturing the reaper himself. The mechanical reaper was an important step in the mechanization of agriculture during the nineteenth century.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hussey patented his reaper in 1833, and McCormick followed in 1834, but farmers didn’t start purchasing the machines in large numbers until the mid-1850s.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1831 Cyrus, aged 22, tried his hand at building a reaper. Resembling a two-wheeled, horse-drawn chariot, the machine consisted of a vibrating cutting blade, a reel to bring the grain within its reach, and a platform to receive the falling grain.

Detailed explanation-5: -Cyrus McCormick, a blacksmith in Virginia, developed the first practical mechanical reaper to harvest grain in 1831 when he was only 22 years old. His machine, at first a local curiosity, proved to be enormously important.