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How the McCormick reaper changed farming forever

How the McCormick reaper changed farming forever

Learn more about Cyrus McCormick's mechanical reaper.

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McCormick reaper

The original McCormick reaper, 1831.

Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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