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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RTL Wichita, KS	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #1 Jun 23, 2008 A self-propelled combine pulled by horses? That was an easy job for the horses!
earlpittsamurica n Joined: Nov 28, 2007 Comments: 700 Chanute, KS ISP Location: Chanute, KS	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #2 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.
Dennis in op Overland Park, KS	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #3 Jun 23, 2008 Wow! I have one of those boy propelled lawn mowers now! Think it's an antique?
earlpittsamurica n Joined: Nov 28, 2007 Comments: 700 Chanute, KS ISP Location: Chanute, KS	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #4 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.
Dennis in op Overland Park, KS	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #5 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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