Railroads were some of the first to use automatic lubricators ( the real McCoy for example ) and to plumb grease points into banks in easy to access locations. Their labor costs and down time costs were comparatively high. Up until the 1960s very few farmers were willing to spend even an extra $25 for those features when they could easily grease their machines themselves.
Deere offered optional Multi-Lube on some harvesting equipment in the early 1960s maybe earlier, corn pickers were some of the first I saw.
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