The increase in life expectancy during the 20th century is largely due to improvements in child survival; this increase is associated with reductions in infectious disease mortality, due largely to immunization.1 However, infectious diseases remain a major cause of illness, disability, and death.
The First Mowers. The lawn mower was invented in 1830 by Edwin Beard Budding, an engineer from Stroud, Gloucestershire, England. He obtained the idea after seeing a machine in a local cloth mill which used a cutting cylinder (or bladed reel) mounted on a bench to trim cloth to make a smooth finish after weaving.
But Bush Hog was the first. It all began in 1951, when a new rotary cutter was demonstrated to a group of farmers. When one exclaimed, That thing eats bushes like a hog, the name Bush Hog became synonymous with the Selma, Ala. manufacturer whose reputation for quality and performance continues to this day.