Now that farmers could plant more seed, they needed an improved method of gathering the larger harvest. In 1822, Henry Ogles created a machine that would simply cut corn stalks and lay them down. This machine could also handle barley and wheat. When pulled by horses, this harvester could clean up to fourteen acres a day (127). Fourteen years later, in 1836, J. Hascall and Hiram Moore developed a combine specifically made for grain. This machine did not just cut the grain, it also cleaned and bagged the grain (Schlebecker 116). This was a monumental change because fields of wheat could now be harvested faster than before, which led to bigger crops. The next great innovation of this time was the American hay rake, created in 1850. This machine
