Service Manual and Parts Catalog for FMC Corporation Model 69-W Cascade Tomato Harvester, 1969
THF290444 / Service Manual and Parts Catalog for FMC Corporation Model 69-W Cascade Tomato Harvester, 1969 / front cover
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Artifact Overview
Artifact Details
Artifact
Manual (Instructional materials)
Date Made
1969
Subject Date
1969
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.319.4
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Red
Dimensions
Height: 11.25 in
Width: 9.25 in
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ArtifactFMC Tomato Harvester, 1969
Tomatoes need careful handling. Growers who contract with processors used to rely on human laborers. The quest to plant and harvest more, faster, gave mechanical engineers and plant geneticists incentive to design a machine and a tomato it could harvest. The FMC Cascade Harvester carried 10-12 laborers who sorted debris out of the crop, fewer laborers than growers had needed for handpicking.