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One thing I enjoyed in the 70's was taking my kids to the Olmstead County Historical Societies annual threshing bee in rochester, MN. Here is a gem of an image with a early 70's Chevy grain truck receiving a load of wheat. The chaff coming out of the snout of the thresher will most likely be baled. The steam engine powering the thresher is to the right of the truck. Billboard lettering on the box completes this image
Burrell General Purpose Engine, 3746 "Charlie B", (MA 5733) drives a hay threshing machine at the Great Dorset Steam Fair
Somewhere in China, around 1910.
Photographer: Lieutenant William Gray Rawlinson (1890-1915) or one of his companions.
I was with my camera club on a photoshoot in a small village in Co. Laois, and came across this man in his workshop... preparing for a vintage festival day at the weekend.
Threshing is the process of loosening the edible part of grain (or other crop) from the husks and straw to which it is attached. It is the step in grain preparation after reaping and before winnowing, which separates the grain from the chaff. Threshing does not remove the bran from the grain.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threshing
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A Minneapolis Threshing Machine on parade at the Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion in Rollag, Minnesota.
These were the type of tractors farmers would use, if they could afford them, up until the mid 1920's when the gas powered tractors came into use. The canopy has been added to somewhat protect the machine from the elements. The basic model when sold, the engine would not have been painted . . . this would be considered 'dress trim'. Red was 'the' colour of the Minneapolis Threshing Machines. The factory was located near an art school and the factory employed the art students to put the pin striping on the wheel spokes and water tanks . . . thus each machines pin striping was different.
I spent the day here with my 92 year old Dad . . . a great time! I learned quite a bit on what life was like back when 10-14 hour work days, 6 days a week was normal when harvesting the crops.
Threshing grain with oxen near Nazareth, Ethiopia, around 1949.
Farming as it had been done for thousands of years.