Posted by Straw Boss on September 14, 2014 at 09:41:05 from (166.137.101.151):
In Reply to: Farm advancement posted by JWalker on September 13, 2014 at 11:33:15:
My vote would be the "combined" harvester/thresher or "combine" as we know it today. Just think of the labor and man hours required to cut a wheat field by hand, gather it, shock it to dry, gather it again., thresh it, clean it, move it to storage, dispose of the chaff and straw by using it for bedding whereby it's returned to the field by way of manure, finally making a full circle back to the field after being handled many many times. The combine did all of this in one quick trip around the field and could be done by one man. This was all before rea electricity, hydraulics, computers, diesel engines, rubber tires etc.etc. I think the combine allowed kids to leave the farm, allowed family members start businesses in town, allowed kids to attend high school and college, and allowed young men to fight world wars. What other advancement in agriculture can say that?
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