Who invented the broom? Detailed answer

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Who invented the broom?

A broom and a brush are somewhat similar to each other. Of course, the broom is only used for sweeping. Many brushes are also used for this purpose, although they were invented many thousands of years before the broom.

The caveman used brushes made from bundles of animal hair tied to the end of a stick. A kitchen whisk was a bundle of branches, reeds or wood bast tied to a long handle. In colonial times in America, just such brooms were used. And in many countries of today's Europe one can see how streets and floors in houses are swept with such brooms.

The broom known to us today is made of millet stalks. It was first made in America. Either true or not, but there is a legend about its origin. According to legend, a friend of Benjamin Franklin sent one of the clothes brushes made in that country from India. The brush was very similar to a small whisk. Several grains got stuck in the brush, and Franklin planted them in the ground. They took over, and within a few years the crop had spread throughout America.

One day, an old bachelor from Hadley, Massachusetts, needed a new broom. He cut millet stalks, tied them together, and swept the floors in his house. After that, he never used a birch broom again. He began to make these panicles and sold them to his neighbors. When he died in 1843, broom making was already an important industry. About a thousand acres of this plant were grown in Hadley every year. Until now, the main work in the manufacture of panicles is done manually.

Author: Likum A.

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