Daisy Self-Rake Reaper, circa 1895
date: label: date made
content: ca 1895
label: patent date
content: PATD. U.S. / FEB. 12TH 1895 / MAR. 16TH 1897
name: label: inventor
content: McCormick, Cyrus
label: manufacturer
content: McCormick Machine Company
label: maker
content: McCormick Machine Company
notes: label: Description
content: The reaper replaced the hard manual labor of harvesting grain with a sickle with a drivable machine. The operator sat on a seat mounted on the left wheel axel, driving the two horses or mules that pulled the reaper. Its reciprocal cutter bar was more than five feet long with three triangular sickle blades oscillating through guard teeth. Three rotating arms with three-inch projections raked, bound, and shocked the grain.
label: Description
content: An earlier model of the McCormick reaper, "Old Reliable," had required two men to operate. The second man sat behind the driver of the team, next to the apron, and raked the grain out as the reaper drove along. The "Daisy" eliminated the need for this second operator. The McCormick Machine Company, founded in 1847 by Cyrus McCormick, later became the International Harvester Corporation.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Agriculture
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content: Agriculture
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the New York Historical Association, Cooperstown, New York
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.58A05.04
label: accession number
content: 213356
label: catalog number
content: 58A05.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rake reaper
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)