142 FARM MACHINERY 



W. W. Marsh, of Illinois. A patent for this was granted 

 August 17, 1858, and gave to the world the Marsh harvester. This 

 carried two or more attendants, who received the grain from an 

 elevator and bound it into sheaves. The two Marsh brothers, 

 in connection with J. T. Hollister, organized a company which 

 built 24 machines in 1864 and increased the output each year 

 until in 1870 over 1,000 machines were built. This company was 

 finally merged into the Deering Harvester Company. 



George H. Spaulding invented and was granted a patent on 

 the packer for the modern harvester, May 31, 1870. This inven- 

 tion was soon made use of by all manufacturers. John P. 

 Appleby developed the packer and added a self-sizing device. 

 He has also the honor of inventing the first successful twine 

 knotter. The Appleby knotter, in a more or less modified form, 

 is used on almost every machine to-day. 



Jonathan Haines, of Illinois, patented, March 27, 1849, a ma- 

 chine for heading the grain and elevating it into wagons driven 

 at the side of the machine. 



In certain parts of the West, notably California, where con- 

 ditions are such that grain will cure while standing in the field, 

 a combined machine has been built which cuts, threshes, sep- 

 arates, and sacks the grain as it is drawn along either by horses 

 or by a traction engine. The first combined machine was built 

 in 1875 by D. C. Matteson. Benjamin Holt has done much to 

 perfect the machine. The development of the grain harvester 

 may be summarized as follows : 



Gladstone was the first to have a side-cut machine. 



Ogle added the reel and receiving platform. 



Salmon gave the cutting mechanism, which was improved by Bell, 

 Hussey, and McCormick. 



To Rev. Patrick Bell must be given credit for the reel and side- 

 delivery carrying device. 



Obed Hussey gave that which is so important, the cutting ap- 

 paratus. 



For the automatic rake credit must be given to Palmer and 

 Williams. 



For a practical hand-binding machine the Marsh brothers 

 should have the honor. 



To Spaulding and Appleby the world is indebted for the sizing, 

 packing, and tying mechanisms. 



Jonathan Haines introduced the header. 



Many other handy and important details have been added by a 

 multitude of inventors, but all cannot be mentioned. 



