Show first practical reaper cyrus 11 II lUCor ruick made the lie first successful ienner lie ile built it as a loy boy without ills fathers knowing it nod and tried it oat orie one fall it was not entirely a success lout he be made some changes and tried it again finally in 1831 lie made ills his first successful reaper says fann and fireside n kept on making improvements and lo in 1834 bad a machine good enough to patent lie ile offered tor for sale for 30 apiece but no one would buy finally in 1839 he invited a lot of farmers to see it work it cut two acres an hour that was wa really wonderful in those thoe days but still no one would buy it IL the next year 1810 a man at egypt va bought the first machine and paid for it it worked and falth faith in the tbt nw began to spread |