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Journal of Forest History 26.4 (1982): 176–183. online; Williams, Michael. Americans and Their Forests: A Historical Geography (Cambridge UP, 1989), a major scholarly study; Wilson, Donald A. Logging and lumbering in Maine (Arcadia Publishing, 2001) online. Wood, Richard G. A History of Lumbering in Maine, 1820-1861 (U of Maine Press, 1971 ...
Cyrus McCormick's reaper (invented in 1834) allowed farmers to quadruple their harvesting efficiency by replacing hand labor with a mechanical device. John Deere invented the steel plow in 1837, keeping the soil from sticking to the plow and making it easier to farm in the rich prairies of the Midwest. The harvester, self-binder, and combine ...
The Reaper: A History of the Efforts of Those Who Justly May Be Said to Have Made Bread Cheap (New York: Greenberg, 1931), popular. Thwaites, Reuben Gold. Cyrus Hall McCormick and the reaper (State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1909) online; Winder, Gordon M. (2016) [2013]. The American Reaper: Harvesting Networks and Technology, 1830–1910 ...
The letter and standard series of tractors was produced until 1954 and was a defining product in IH history. In 1947, the smallest tractor in the Farmall line was introduced, the Cub . With a 60-cu. in., four-cylinder engine and a 69-inch wheelbase, the Cub was aimed at small farms which had previously relied on horse-drawn equipment.
Obed Hussey circa 1850 Poster for Hussey's Reaping Machine. Obed Hussey (1792–1860) was an American inventor. His most notable invention was a reaping machine, patented in 1833, that was a rival of a similar machine, patented in 1834, produced by Cyrus McCormick.
A Massey-Harris reaper-binder pulled by a tractor (Rutland, England, 2008) A modern compact binder for rice (2006) 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.
^ Handbook of Texas Online: "Nolan, Philip". Last accessed March 13, 2016. ^ Bean, Ellis P. (1816). Appendix No. II, "Memoir of Colonel Ellis P. Bean" as published in History of Texas From Its First Settlement In 1685 To Its Annexation To The United States In 1846. New York: Redfield (1856). pp. 403– 452. ISBN 9780598276636
Built by William S. Brown one of the "Old Three Hundred" and one of the oldest log houses left standing in Texas. James Walker Log House: east of Brenham: 1824 Built by James Walker one of the "Old Three Hundred" whose sons John and James Jr. fought in the Texas Revolution. One of the oldest log cabins left standing in Texas. Magee-Love Log House