Nicholas McCabe

Nicholas McCabe (1850–1914) was a notable South Australian farmer and inventor.

McCabe was born in Ireland during the Great Famine, and emigrated at a young age with his parents to Adelaide, South Australia. He began farming at Pinkerton Plains, where he invented a device that became known as 'McCabe's Wheat Pickler'.[1]

The device was a perforated container which was lowered into a large wooden cask and bagged in butts at the side of the cask. It was widely used in South Australia, and a specimen remains on display at the Mallala Museum.[2]

References
  1. "Obituary: MR. NICHOLAS McCABE, PINKERTON PLAINS". The Southern Cross. Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 8 January 1915. p. 10. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  2. Callaghan (1970), 100 Years of Growing Wheat in South Australia (PDF), retrieved 18 June 2015
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