OCR Text |
Show I Cornerftff B HARVESTER WAS BOY'S IDEA Suggested to Father Plan of Putting H Large Scissors, Instead of Sickles, B on Reaping Machine. R In 1830 Obed HiiiiHoy of Ohio was B Inventing n reaping mnclilno, tho first B over designed In this country. Ills B chief difficulty was tho cutting devlco, PhB which wnB thrco largo sickles, Bot In piB a frame and rovolved so as to cut PbB into tho grain. It would not work &VM satisfactorily. A young Hon, watching PbH tho experiments, naked his father why piK lie did not uso n lot of big scissors, PJH with ono handle fastened to ono bar PBC and tho other hnndlu to a sliding bar, psl tluiB oponlng and closing thorn. litis pBJI scy instantly adopted tho Idea, sub- psB stltutlng for scissors tho two saw- Phb toothed blades which aro in common PPJI uso today on harvesters, tho cutting PH notion being qulto slmllur to that of PPM scissors. pBl Prom tho boy's suggestion he per- PPl fected in ono week n mnclilno on pBl which ho had In vnln exercised all PPJI his ingenuity for tho preceding two yonrs. Tho prlnclplo of Hint cutting pil devlco is tho prlnclplo of all of the PPP great harvesting machines, and its piv benefit to tho farming industry of tho piBk entlro world hns boon unsurpassed by PPB any other Invention for uso on tho t fnrm. Gcorgo F. Stratton, in St, pilr Nicholas. |