A machine that lifts potatoes from the ridge using a share, then separates the tubers from soil and stones through a series of moving webs and sieves. Harvested potatoes then travel along conveyor systems, where workers may remove remaining stones and debris before the crop loads into trailers or boxes; older designs were horse-drawn with ground-driven mechanisms. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Introduced Year OriginAvery, Ohio, United States, just south of Sandusky; farm of inventor Isaac Hoover 1 Connections
Associated With
Potato, Crops the potato harvester lifts and separates potato tubers from soil at harvest
Sources
1. Isaac Hoover's Popular Potato Digger (Farm Collector)
Patent grant section
The patent (No. 318,254) was granted May 19, 1885.
Family history section
After moving several times, Isaac and his family established their permanent home on a large farm in Avery (just south of Sandusky), Ohio, in 1875.
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They work by lifting the potatoes from the bed using a share.
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