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t take out a patent on it untilJune 21, 1834. It was not until 1840 that he beganmanufacturing reapers for the market. In that year SOME MACHINES 195 he constructed one and sold it to a neighbor. Forthe harvest of 1843 he made and sold twenty-ninemachines. These had all been built upon the homefarm… … A Modern ReaperThis machine cuts, threshes, winnows, and sacks the wheat. and Missouri, showing the machine at work in thegrain and enhsting the interest of agricultural men. In 1847 and 1848 Chicago w^as but a trading village.McCormick, foreseeing its future growth, located hisreaper factory…
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