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Hutchinson, KS

Jun 23, 2008

Brothers invented first Gleaner

Miles of bronze-colored wheat fields, threatening gray skies and combines belching clouds of dust have long symbolized the Kansas wheat harvest.

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Jun 23, 2008
 
A self-propelled combine pulled by horses? That was an easy job for the horses!

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Jun 23, 2008
 
RTL wrote:
A self-propelled combine pulled by horses? That was an easy job for the horses!
I'd guess the writer of the article is not a farm boy. Self-propelled means powered by itself not by horses. That's a horse propelled harvester. Kind of like when my kids were young, I had a boy-propelled lawn mower.
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Jun 23, 2008
 
Wow! I have one of those boy propelled lawn mowers now! Think it's an antique?

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Jun 23, 2008
 
As hard as it is to find a kid willing to actually work nowadays, I'd say, yes it's an antique.
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Jun 23, 2008
 
lol...he's only willing to work as long as I'm willing to pay...i've successfully raised a young capitalist! I'm so proud!
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