Cyrus McCormick invented another significant agricultural invention that revolutionized farming, the mechanical reaper. He invented the reaper so it would cut the grain. It came in handy because before this, people would have to do it by hand and it took several hours. He spent all of his time in his father's workshop trying to figure out stuff to do A lot of other people tried to invent the reaper and they kept failing and couldn't figure it out. In 1832 Cyrus tried to make the reaper himself. The reaper was tested on a neighbor's farm and it offered the hope that the farmers wouldn’t have to pay as much for labourers. McCormick sold two reapers in 1841 in 1842 and in 1843 and 50 in the following year. The first year, 800 machines were sold.
