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2. Oliver Farm Equipment Company - Wikipedia

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   The Hart-Parr 20–40, also called the "Steel King" is a tricycle tractor produced by the Hart-Parr company at their facility in Charles City Iowa, starting in 1911 and going till 1914. Approximately 197 were produced: 99 in 1912, 49 in 1913, and 49 in 1914. The 20-40 has a two-cylinder vertically mounted engine operating at 400 RPMs.

3. Planter (farm implement) - Wikipedia

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   Planters lay the seeds down in precise manner along rows. Planters vary greatly in size, from 1 row to 54, with the biggest in the world being the 48-row John Deere DB120. Such larger and newer planters comprise multiple modules called row units. [1] The row units are spaced evenly along the planter [1] at intervals that vary widely by crop and ...

4. Gleaner Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

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   From the start of this decade to its end, 8 different Gleaner models would be produced along with the company's first rice, tracked, and hillside machine variations. At the dawn of the 1960s the Model C self-propelled was made popular amongst custom harvest crews as it could be equipped with a 14 - 20 ft grain header or a 4 row corn head.

5. Plantation complexes in the Southern United States - Wikipedia

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   Formwalt's planters are in the top 4.5% of landowners, translating into real estate worth $6,000 or more in 1850, $24,000 or more in 1860, and $11,000 or more in 1870. [49] In his study of Harrison County, Texas, Randolph B. Campbell classifies large planters as owners of 20 people, and small planters as owners of between 10 and 19 people. [50]

6. Henry Blair (inventor) - Wikipedia

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   Henry Blair (c. 1807–1860) was the second African American inventor to receive a US patent. [1]He was born in Glen Ross, Maryland, United States, in 1807.His first invention was the Seed-Planter, [2] patented October 14, 1834, which allowed farmers to plant more corn using less labor and in a shorter time.

7. Corn production in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The US is the world's largest producer of corn. [8] According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the average U.S. yield for corn was 177 bushels per acre, up 3.3 percent over 2020 and a record high, with 16 states posting state records in output, and Iowa reporting a record of 205 bushels of corn per acre.