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In the first American Census in 1890, 90% of all Americans lived on farms. Farm work was hard and physical and done for the most part with hand tools. Farm families had large families because children provided cheap labor.
The mechanical reaper could cut the crops in the field at a far faster rate than a human being. Suddenly farms no longer needed 10 people to harvest a particular crop. One could run the reaper. The reaper was only the first of many pieces of farm machinery which would send laborers from the farms.
"You gotta run down, jump round pick a bale of cotton...pick a bale a day."
People do not pick cotton any more. Machines pick it. They pick a bale in a few minutes.
Most of the people who lived on the farms moved to the cities. Small towns that served the farmers are closing up. Small farm houses are closing up and being moved, torn down, or burned down to save on taxes.
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Did the mechanical reaper improve peoples lives?
yes! because Cyrus McMormick( the inventor of the mechanical reaper) imporved it because it was easier to host corn!
What did Cyrus McCormick invent in 1834?
The mechanical reaper
Who inveneted mechanical reaper?
Cyrus Hall McCormick
He developed a mechanical reaper in 1831?
Because it made work so much easier for the common reaper easier, making less work on the fields so it wouldn't take all day to rape yourcrops
What were benefits of first mechanical reaper?
It helped cut the wheat in a shorter time.
Who invented the mechanical reaper?
Cyrus McCormick invented the mechanical reaper in 1834.
How did the mechanical reaper help?
The mechanical reaper made it faster for people to harvest crops
What innovation sped up the harvesting of wheat?
The mechanical reaper.
Who created the reaper machine?
the mechanical reaper was invented in Virginia.
Inventor of the mechanical reaper?
Cyrus McCormick
Who was the inventor of the mechanical reaper?
Cyrus McCormick
What did people have to do before the mechanical reaper?
meow
Cyrus McCormick?
invented the mechanical reaper
Cyrus McCormick invented what?
Mechanical reaper
Who built the mechanical reaper?
Cyrus McCormick
Did the mechanical reaper improve peoples lives?
yes! because Cyrus McMormick( the inventor of the mechanical reaper) imporved it because it was easier to host corn!
Who inventead the reaper in 1831?
Cyrus Hall McCormickpatented his mechanical reaper on June 21, 1834.
