Cyrus McCormick improved it even more with the mechanical harvester.

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In 1831, an Irish American farmer and inventor named Cyrus McCormick invented the mechanical reaper, which was drawn by a horse and made it possible to harvest as much grain in a day as a dozen men with scythes.

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In 1834, Cyrus Hall McCormick received a patent for his reaping machine.

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