Robert Dawson identified and propagated a hearty winter wheat which is still being used today in experiments designed to create new hearty wheat strains.
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The McKee One Man Harvester allowed a farmer to harvest and store his crop of hay single-handedly using only one tractor rather than more labour-intensive baling equipment.