Peter Cousins Speaking at the ASAE Landmark Dedication of the Massey-Harris Model 20 Self-Propelled Combine, April 23, 1982

The American Society of Agricultural Engineers designated the 1938 Massey-Harris Model 20 combine a "Landmark of Agricultural Engineering" in 1982. The machine, which culminated over 100 years of improvement in mechanical harvesters, provided valuable relief to the labor shortages of World War II. Among the speakers at the landmark dedication, held near Henry Ford Museum's Model 20 combine, was then-curator of agriculture Peter Cousins.