Q- What role was played by the mechanical reaper in the harvest?
Answer- At earlier time, farmers used to harvest their crops of through combined harvesters which could harvest 500 acres of wheat in two weeks. This was a very big process after the invention of mechanical reaper by Cyrus McCormick in 1831. This work become very easy as it is very fast working machine. This mechanical reaper could cut in one day as much as five men could cut with cradles and 16 men with sickles.
This was very quick process. In this way mechanical reaper replaced workers in harvesting crop.
In this way mechanical reaper played a big role in harvesting crop.