The Grain Harvesters

Download or read book The Grain Harvesters written by Graeme R. Quick and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harvest tools of antiquity; To the unknown gaul; The society of arts; Who invented the reaper; Tribulum, roller and drum; Pitch forks and devil's wind; Getting it all together: "combined thrashers"; Automatons, headers & barges; Harvesters and binders; Hiram moore and the Michigan combine; California's leviathans; The golden era of steam and big threshers; Meanwhile, down under; Massey-harris/massey-ferguson; International harvester company; Deere and company; Rumely, baldwin and allis-chalmers corporation; The other slice; Hillsides and the side hill; Gwaiakowe: king corn; Cinderella soybean; European and Russian harvest; Rotary separators and axial combines; The grain harvesters of the future; References and selected bibliography; Metric conversion information.