In the late 19th and early 20th century, as the availability of workers for labour-intensive farming increased, the planting of wheat and other grains became more prevalent. When the season for reaping came around, agricultural workers packed wheat, maize (corn), and other grains into jute sacks, usually imported from India. Handling the bags, which weighed […]
Think of running your fingers through your hair and this is the simple idea behind the Headlie Taylor’s crop lifter. It has been claimed that this invention not only saved the bumper 1920 Australian wheat crop but secured the reputation of the Taylor Header Harvester in the process. Patented in 1917, early designs were made […]
Headlie Taylor (1883-1957) was a great designer and innovator who, by 1915, had created the machine of his dreams. He just needed a manufacturer and finance to fully realise his ambitions. In January 1916, Australia’s biggest agricultural industrialist Hugh Victor McKay couldn’t make Headlie’s initial demonstration on the Taylor farm, so a follow up visit […]
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