On this day in 1926 John H. Herald was granted the patent for Potato Picker. U.S. Patent No. 1,591,824.
The object of this invention is the provision of an apparatus for picking up potatoes after the digging of the potatoes by another apparatus and after the potatoes have been left on the ground to dry, said apparatus being simple and strong in construction and reliable in operation and being adapted in addition to picking up potatoes to sort or grade the potatoes after separating the same from vines and other debris and dirt.
