 A threshing party in the 1870's. It took eight or nine men to harvest 40 acres in a day. The threshing crew brought a noisy steam-powered machine to separate the wheat kernels from the stalks and chaff. |
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A threshing party in the 1870's. It took eight or nine men to harvest 40 acres in a day. The threshing crew brought a noisy steam-powered machine to separate the wheat kernels from the stalks and chaff. |