The Marsh Harvester

By Farm Collector
Published on January 30, 2013
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Illustration Courtesy David Schnakenberg
In 1858, brothers Charles W. and William Marsh invented and patented the Marsh harvester that mowed and elevated cut grain by moving belts to a platform where two men hand-tied bundles of grain.

Dating to a period between
1877 and 1879, this chromolithograph was produced by White & Bradley,
Lith., Buffalo and Chicago,
for Gammon, Deering & Stewart Mfg. Co., Chicago.

In 1858, brothers

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