[History of Agriculture] Cyrus McCormick And The Birth Of Mechanical Harvesting

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Today’s combine harvesters are modern marvels capable of harvesting thousands of bushels per hour, including cutting, threshing, cleaning and capturing the grain. But the path from hand tools to the mechanical harvester is a fascinating one; which involved several farm shop innovations, intellectual property battles, labor challenges and pioneering business practices that are considered standard today. So buckle up for this one, because our subject for today’s episode, Cyrus Hall McCormick, was right in the middle of a lot of it all. 

Other Resources:

• [YouTube] THE ROMANCE OF THE REAPER " 1937 INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER PROMO FILM CYRUS MCCORMICK
• [YouTube] Alex Plaza- McCormick Reaper Documentary
• [Wikipedia] Obed Hussey
• [Richmond Times-Dispatch] “Jo Anderson”
• [Forbes Archives] Forbes Greatest Business Stories of All Time
• [Wikipedia] Cyrus Hall McCormick
• [Washington Post] Harvester: The Company That McCormick Built
• [PBS.ORG] Cyrus McCormick (1809 - 1884)
• [MIT] Cyrus McCormick: Mechanical Reaper
• [Investors Business Daily] Cyrus McCormick Revolutionized Farming Worldwide With The Reaper