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What did Cyrus McCormick contribute to the business of agriculture?

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Cyrus McCormick invented the mechanical reaper, which helped by significantly reducing the number of laborers on the fields by replacing them with machines. This ultimately saved the agriculture industry a lot of money.
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He changed the way farmers did their work.

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