18—Lancaster farming, Satun Last week’s page one picture was the Farm Progress Show - held this an enlargement of what's seen in the year at Malta. Illinois, were close id 4D center of this picture. Some cfisks at feel wide. Hare's another shot o£ that 1£- Progress Show last week. Each boctoes pSouf wtwch attracasd so sauen boSEocs took a orf oi 18 kxhes. attention at rhe 23rb anrsuaf Pars Oct. 11, 1876 Mechanized Farrn[pgjA||§nces Were Not Overnight Successes Von ofwn in the dm>lopmotu ot nWhauiscd funning *'<tuiT Tnf ' Tl '' which onssod Tt'vt'Uu mnavy changes throughout the history of !'• S agriculture. w ’ore tar from overnight stuvtssos. Amotig the many mayor do voktpments introduced to the Aii't'rvsn farming spono in the W rli whs the reaper. While many attempts were made earhot at building we chan tea! grain cutters, i't wasn't until the early l?th century that progress was norod in the V S' Then, on a hot duly day in ijtSi, Cyrus McCormick suc rosstully field restto his er ode, etunhersome reaper. He nad continued dovdlopmeatai work started by his father seme two decade# Peiore, The 'MoC'-wmi'i was nitvi Wi cna tarmb' farm -,n firvSrhr'irtfrf Coesiy. 'a- Tna hnTaf-.'3r£«~ issuer with. v“u T»r" f>y it<? own \knoo)> r-iH arrss of oats. McCnrmi.-i as\-arKssd bis. r-^^\ nar inr iiate but tnunc nn Tatars "?b# ~-ra: aait wTUtr, 1 ; suili xaci rise y-asrs Uun~ ir. Two vojts jiaTiC- rcsitjsss wvnTnvac ivi'W'vi.s: snic sown; /jt 5Z ft? sflri. Siw ar.rimr.an~ rc mariimf ainnr xtif Sasr Coast nTnmnTac him to rayc? to Cmnigr jr 'r-*- r ~ tk-arr tsrm- FEED STORAGE AND FLEX AUGER DELIVERY SYSTEM The Original Rex Auger Delivering Up To 2400 lbs. Per Hr. OR The MEW "Hi-C" Rex Auger Delivering Up To 60001bs. Per Hr. Agri Equip., Inc. offers complete • SALES • INSTALLATION • SERVICE AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTOR ON ALL CHORE-TIME EQUIPMENT RO2 Ephrata. PA 17522 (Farmersvgte) ers of the Middle West were more receptive to the reaper and production increased into the thousands annually. By the Civil War. some 40,000 were being marketed to meet the great demands for food. From this slow beginning, developments progressed until grain harvesting evolved into the modern mechanized mar vel of today. Two ensuing' improvements that were ma jor factors in reaching this highly mechanized plateau were the development of the combine incorporating the threshing of grain with its cutting and self-propulsion brought about by the internal combustion engine. £3O ne From a small field of oats in ISSI to the capacity to har % est enough wheat in an hour to make 20,000 loaves' of ■fare&a is a capsule history of 'the combine concept, accord ing to Sperry New Holland, worldwide marketer of com bines. At its birth, the world of the reaper was just six acres in Virginia. Today, it-moves through - fields of a score of different- crops around the world, including the annual harvests that .cover nearly a continent, from Mexico through the U.S. grain belts into Canada. From a rudimentary basic position in farming’s past, the combine whose continuing development is moving into the era of space-age research at Sperry New Holland will hold down an even more im portant place in the future of agriculture lb feed « hungry world. Phone Bus. 717354-4271
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