The McCormick Deering 4-Foot Combine

Have just seen the mccormick deering 4-foot combine in action. This machine is designed for small to medium-sized farms and can harvest and thresh nearly 100 different crops. The machine is compact, light draft, durable, and completely accessible. It has a transparent side so that the working parts can be seen. It also has an adjustable chaffer extension and a speed change device to control the cylinder speed.

[@KEN-j8h]

I'm sold, I'll take one right now!

[@SeattlePioneer]

A hundred years earlier, harvesting grain was done with a man swinging a scythe all day to cut an acre of grain. Then it had to be bound up into hand tied bundles an tossed into a wagon, if you were lucky to have a horse and wagon.
Then the grain had to be threshed by beating it by hand or having animals walk on it (You shall not muzzle the kine who teadeth out the grain..)
Then wait for a windy day when the grain can be repeatedly tossed into the air to winnow the chaff from the grain.
I don't think we can appreciate how much hard physical labor went into just harvesting grain.

[@fokkerd3red618]

I really like these old promotional films about farm equipment. I grew up on a farm years ago and I know farmers loved any equipment that would keep them from the drudgery of doing labor intense field work.

[@georgew.5639]

State of the art in its day. But today’s combine certainly saves a lot more time. Which is still many hours of work that’s involved in harvesting.

[@nickkercheval2704]

My grandfather and father had one similar but powered by a cub engine in the early 50s. It was a “sacker” instead of a grain tank

[@alfredfleming3289]

Just watched a clip of the AF11 with 61’ header. Looks cool but there were a lot more people making their living on the farm when that four footer came out. Not sure progress is all it’s cracked up too be. Actually seen one of these old girl’s work when I was a kid. It was on it’s last legs then, I guess I am now🤓

[@peanutbutter2597]

Not only can afford one ! I can fix anything without having to use a computer 😅

[@larrywatson2109]

Wish i had one😊

[@donvoll2580]

Interesting ! Boy 12 bushel grain tank. Ths

[@Eddie_Schantz]

From what little history I could find on this machine, this video would have came out around 1942.
That guy that came into the film at about 5:30 made about as much sense as Kamela when she talks. I don't understand
what the merit was of bringing him into this?

[@roberthumphrey1304]

These little machines fit a lot of farms of the 40s. The farmers were transitioning from horses so the farms were small, 120 acres or less.
Our first combine was an Allis Chalmers 40 inch cut about 43. Our second combine was an IH 52R about 1948. These little machines filled our need since our big fields were 12 acres.

[@SeattlePioneer]

[@8DeereFarm]

Make that two!

[@janbill79]

And takes up less room in the shed.

[@SeattlePioneer]

So.... how did you empty that twelve bushel grain hopper?

[@user-lo6cf3df1x]

Would be nice to have 1 to take to a show, or small feild work

[@jaybeeman3628]

Wonder if my cub could run it?

[@pressuredup]

2 seconds to unload the 12 bushel tank at todays speeds.

[@petewood2350]

Can I get it in a Color other than Grey?.

[@AxeAndAnvil]

In real life they were red. It’s a black and white camera😂

[@JurieNeethling]

Eddie you right it is stupid and proves nothing.

[@AnthonyErnst-li5rz]

Donny Trump before politics...

[@mplsmark222]

Seems like they are mocking mentally challenged people. I didn’t see how this is funny or what the purpose is.

[@greggergen9104]

Perhaps he was a well known comedian back in the day. He reminds me of Stan Laurel, of Laurel and Harvey.