Combine harvester

The combine harvester, or simply combine, is a machine that harvests, threshes, and cleans grain plants. The desired result is the seed (such as canola or flax) or grain (such as oats, wheat, or rye); a byproduct is loose straw, the remaining husk of the plant with all nutrients removed. The combine was patented in 1834 by Hiram Moore, the same year as Cyrus McCormick was granted a patent on the mechanical reaper.

Combine harvesters in popular culture

• British Scrumpy and Western group The Wurzels had a number one hit in 1976 with The Combine Harvester. It takes the form of a love song from the point-of-view of a farmer who proposes marriage to his girlfriend, offering to give her the key to the "brand-new combine harvester" to use on her 43 acres of arable land.
• features combine harvesters. CJ had to use one to bring to his friend on some mission.