The machine that combines the three separate jobs of the grain harvest, reaping, threshing and winnowing, into one pass across the field. Patented by Hiram Moore in 1835 and horse-drawn for decades, the self-propelled combine finished what the reaper began: grain harvests that once took whole villages now take one operator. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Introduced Year OriginPatented by Hiram Moore in the United States, 1835; self-propelled machines from the 1930s 1 Connections
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Yield-mapping combines were among the first machines to put precision agriculture data collection into ordinary farm use.
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The modern combine harvester, also called a combine, is a machine designed to harvest a variety of cultivated seeds.
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Early versions were pulled by horse, mule or ox teams.
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