How The Mechanical Reaper Works
How the mechanical reaper works is first there is a cart that is the base and is being pulled by one or two horses, which are reins, they are walking either slow or fast the speed only affects how good the harvest is.The grain cut by this reaper fell on a platform, from which it was raked by a person walking beside the machine. A number of improved reapers were developed later. The combine, which threshes the grain as it is reaped, has virtually replaced the reaper, although a self-raking type is still in limited use. The mower, used for cutting hay, was developed from the reaper in the 19th cent. When the farmers were using the mechanical reaper they were able to complete more because it only took one person to operate the mechanical reaper and the other farmers could ether use the mechanical reaper or do other things around the farm like clean, feed the horses, or plant more crops.