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Cradle (grain)
A cradle (also called ''cradle scythe'', or ''grain cradle'') is an agricultural tool, a form of the scythe, used to reap grain. It is a scythe with an arrangement of fingers attached to the snath, snathe or snaith (handle), such that the cut grain falls upon the fingers and can be cleanly laid down in a row for collection.
==History==
As agriculture (and particularly the cultivation of grain) developed, the end of a season was the harvest. Grain could be pulled or, more typically, cut and the sickle was the usual tool, leaving sheaves of grain to be gathered. The scythe improved the process, because the long handle allows the reaper to work standing up.
Reaping with a scythe before the invention of the cradle readily resulted in the grain forming a muddled carpet on the field, making gathering and transport time-consuming.
In 1794, a Scottish farmer invented "a most marvellous and wonderful machine for cutting grain".〔"Dakota Wheat Fields", Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol LX, published 1879-1880; from the Making of America Project, Harper's Magazine Foundation (New York, N.Y.), Henry Mills Alden, Thomas Bucklin Wells, Lee Foster Hartman , Frederick Lewis Allen; digitized by Google.〕 This was the cradle, which revolutionized the harvesting of grains.
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