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  2. Threshing machine - Wikipedia

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    1926 threshing machine "The expense of horse labour, from the increased value of the animal and the charge of his keeping, being an object of great importance, it is recommended that, upon all sizable farms, that is to say, where two hundred acres [800,000 m²], or upwards, of grain are sown, the machine should be worked by wind, unless where ...

  3. Holt Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

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    Among his brothers, Benjamin was the most technically adept. He saw the need for farm machinery, and expanded the company's line to include farm equipment, including combine harvesters and steam-powered traction engines required to pull them through the fields. In 1883, Benjamin Holt produced his first horse-drawn "Link-Belt Combined Harvester ...

  4. Hay rake - Wikipedia

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    The typical early horse-drawn hay rake was a dump rake, a wide two-wheeled implement with curved steel or iron teeth usually operated from a seat mounted over the rake with a lever-operated lifting mechanism. This rake gathered cut hay into windrows by repeated operation perpendicular to the windrow, requiring the operator to raise the rake ...

  5. Jethro Tull (agriculturist) - Wikipedia

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    Agricultural reforms and inventions, such as the seed drill and horse-drawn hoe Jethro Tull (baptised 30 March 1674 – 21 February 1741, New Style ) was an English agriculturist from Berkshire who helped to bring about the British Agricultural Revolution of the 18th century.

  6. Reaper-binder - Wikipedia

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    The reaper-binder, or binder, is a farm implement that improved upon the simple reaper. The binder was invented in 1872 by Charles Baxter Withington, a jeweler from Janesville, Wisconsin. [1] [2] In addition to cutting the small-grain crop, a binder also 'binds' the stems into bundles or sheaves.

  7. Cultivator - Wikipedia

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    This left an opportunity for others to pursue better motorized cultivating. Between 1915 and 1920, various inventors and farm implement companies experimented with a class of machines referred to as motor cultivators, which were simply modified horse-drawn shank-type cultivators with motors added for self-propulsion. This class of machines ...

  8. Algoma Foundry and Machine Company - Wikipedia

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    The Company manufactured horse-drawn farm machinery for the regional market. However, on August 28, 1891, Adolph Hamacek left the business partnership and moved to nearby Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Anton continued to operate the business alone at the building located in the 600 block of Fremont Street in Algoma until 1893, when he formed another ...

  9. Moline Plow Company - Wikipedia

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    The Moline Plow Company was an American manufacturer of plows and other farm implements, headquartered in Moline, Illinois, USA. Moline Plow was formed in the 1870s when the firm of Candee & Swan, a competitor of Deere and Company (also of Moline), won a lawsuit against Deere allowing it to use the "Moline Plow" name. [ 3 ]