The history of mechanical harvesting itself dates back to Cyrus McCormick's marketing of the mechanical reaper in the early 1840s.
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Damage is a major concern of reap harvesting. Damage is usually minimal if the harvesting equipment is kept clean and adjusted correctly for the crop.
Mechanical harvesting is the use of tractors, combines, mowers, corn harvesters among other machines to do the work of many people. They have replaced traditional methods of harvesting wheat, corn, fruits, vegetables, grasses and made large scale farming possible and efficient.
Harvesting is still often accomplished through manual means, although mechanical techniques are increasingly being used.
The mechanical reaper.
This industry encompasses establishments primarily engaged in mechanical harvesting, picking and combining of crops, and related activities, using machinery provided by the service firm.
Mechanical corn planters were also developed during the 1800s, and mechanical corn pickers became common in the 1930s and 1940s.
The most promising type of mechanical harvesting system appeared to be the "continuous canopy shake and catch," which resulted in as much as a 75 percent decrease in harvesting costs.
A lever is a mechanical device.
Other companies engaged in providing mechanical harvesting services were geographically clustered in agricultural regions in such states as Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Indiana, Wisconsin, Florida, and California.
Cyrus McCormick was very important to American history, He invented a machine called the harvesting (mechanical) reaper in 1831. It made harvesting wheat easier and faster, making wheat industry soar.
Crops undergoing mechanical harvesting include berries, fruit, cotton, grain, nuts, sugar beets, sugarcane, and vegetables.