Combine Harvester

Thresher

1786

The tresher was used before the combine harvester. In the eighteenth century It was Andrew Meickle (1719-1811), he achieved the first thresher that worked properly in practice in 1786

Mower

1831

The Mower was used before the harvesters. In the United States Cyrus McCormick (1809–1884) built and used a mower in 1831 in Virginia, they were totally independent developments that led to machines other than Bell's.

The first combine harvester is bulit

1850

Hiram built his own full size harvester for personal use. The large machine was pulled by horses or ox and harvested 50 acres of land

Combine Harvesters start being developed for commercial use.

1883

Hugh Victor McKay, an Australian inventor sold the first Combine Harvesters

The Sunshine Auto Header.

1910

The Sunshine Auto Header, patented by Hugh Victor McKay, was the second self-propelled combine to be built.

The Gleaning Manufacturing Company

1923

The Curtis brother, the owners of the American-based, Gleaner Manufacturing Company, created a self-propelled combine harvester

Thomas Carroll and Massey Harris Co.

1940

Thomas Carroll was working for Massey-Harris Company in Canada when he finally perfected his own self-propelled combine

On-Board Electronics

1980

Electronics were introduced to the combine harvester that measured