Implements and Machines

Combine Harvester

Also Known As Combine
Mechanized Harvesting Implements

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
1835 1
Origin
Patented by Hiram Moore in the United States, 1835; self-propelled machines from the 1930s 1
Task
Harvesting 1
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Precision Agriculture, Practices

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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